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  • Malaysians With ISIS Links Raised Funds to Attack Putrajaya

    Malaysians With ISIS Links Raised Funds to Attack Putrajaya

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    Malaysian militants linked to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) were planning to overthrow the government in Putrajaya and attack several pubs, discos and even the Carlsberg brewery in Shah Alam, Selangor, according to the police.

    Federal Special Branch principal assistant director Ayob Khan Pitchay Mydin told The Sunday Times yesterday that out of 19 suspects arrested in a clampdown earlier this year, seven are set to face trial in October for security offences.

    “They have the same ideology as groups like Al-Qaeda, where the main objective is to topple the government and install an Islamic state,” said Datuk Ayob, who heads the force’s counter-terrorism efforts.

    The suspects had raised several thousand ringgit for their efforts which were nipped in the bud when the police dismantled the group between April and June.

    “Their plans were not that advanced. They were only discussing (how) to attack but had not obtained material to make bombs,” he said, adding that the police had seized homemade rifles, shotguns and ammunition.

    Mr Ayob said the group had dispersed after their leader and second-in-command were arrested between April and May. The police are searching for the remaining members.

    “Their plan is to go to Syria for training. More than 20 are already there but we have identified them and will nab them if they return,” he said.

    ISIS is a splinter group of Al-Qaeda that wants to set up an Islamic caliphate encompassing both Iraq and Syria.

    Malaysian factory worker Ahmad Tarmimi Maliki died as an ISIS suicide bomber in May, sparking alarm over renewed Islamic extremism in Malaysia.

    Muslim-majority Malaysia practises moderate Islam and has not been the target of any notable terror attacks in recent years.

    But it has been home to several key figures in militant Islamic groups, such as the Al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiah, blamed for the deadly 2002 Bali bombings.

    Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has said that a regional ring he dubbed the “Nusantara network” might be recruiting citizens of Malaysia, Indonesia, southern Thailand and the Philippines to join militant activities abroad.

    In June, the police arrested three alleged militants in Sandakan, Sabah. One of them had allegedly received training from Islamic militant group Abu Sayyaf in the southern Philippines, while another was a Royal Malaysian Navy personnel. The latter was released last month and has since returned to full service.

    In late June, the United Nations revealed that 15 Malaysians were allegedly killed in Syria after joining terrorist and jihadist activities with ISIS.

    ISIS fighters have engaged in a bloody war across Iraq, overrunning large areas of the country and conquering a substantial part of the north.

    Iraq’s Prime Minister-designate Haider al-Abadi said last week that Iraqis must unite to face terrorism, promising that his government will fight to “salvage the country from security, political and economic problems”.

    Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/the-big-story/asia-report/malaysia/story/malaysian-govt-brewery-pubs-militants-target-list-20140817

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  • Sultan of Johor Wants Singapore’s Pedra Branca Back After Six Years

     

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    THE Sultan of Johor has ordered the state government to look into filing an appeal against the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) decision six years ago to award Pedra Branca to Singapore.

    Pedra Branca – which Malaysia refers to as Pulau Batu Puteh – belonged to Johor and should remain a part of it, Sultan Ibrahim Ismail was quoted by the online portals of Malay-language dailies Utusan Malaysia and Sinar Harian as saying yesterday.

    He said he was following the wishes of his father, the late Sultan Iskandar Ismail.

    Sultan Ibrahim, who was speaking at the opening of the state legislative assembly session, noted that while foreign affairs came under the jurisdiction of the federal government, it was unwise for Johor not to be consulted on the matter.

    “Don’t the Johor people understand their neighbours better than those in Putrajaya? How would the federal government know of the state’s needs or that of its people?” he said.

    Pedra Branca, an island the size of a football field located some 40km east of Singapore and home to Horsburgh Lighthouse, was at the centre of a territorial dispute between Singapore and Malaysia that lasted almost three decades.

    In 2003, the two countries signed a Special Agreement referring the dispute to the ICJ at The Hague, in the Netherlands.

    For three weeks in 2007, legal teams from both sides argued their case before the court. In a ruling that it said was “final, binding and without appeal” in May 2008, the ICJ awarded Pedra Branca to Singapore and outcrops called Middle Rocks to Malaysia.

    Of Sultan Ibrahim’s order to appeal against the ruling, Dr Azmi Sharom of Universiti Malaya told The Straits Times that he does not have the authority.

    “The ICJ has jurisdiction over disputes presented only by nations or governments. He may request it (an appeal), but it is the government that presents the case to the ICJ.”

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    JOHOR BAHRU 29 Mei – Sultan Johor, Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar hari ini menitahkan kerajaan negeri supaya menubuhkan pasukan khas untuk memfailkan rayuan bagi membatalkan keputusan Mahkamah Keadilan Antarabangsa (ICJ) tentang Pulau Batu Putih yang sebelum ini memihak kepada Singapura.

    Baginda bertitah, negeri ini adalah berbeza dengan negeri-negeri lain kerana mempunyai ‘jiran sebelah’ yang merupakan sebuah negara maju, malah sebenarnya mempunyai hubungan rapat dengan Johor kerana saling bergantung antara satu sama lain.

    “Oleh yang demikian, walaupun hal ehwal luar negara terletak di bawah kuasa Kerajaan Persekutuan, adalah tidak wajar jika kerajaan Johor tidak dimaklumkan atau tidak dibawa berunding dalam perkara yang melibatkan kepentingan Johor dan Singapura. Bukankah orang Johor lebih memahami tentang jirannya berbanding orang di Putrajaya?

    “Bagaimanakah pihak Persekutuan lebih tahu tentang keperluan atau kehendak negeri dan rakyat Johor? Inilah kesannya apabila orang luar yang tidak faham tentang sejarah dan kedaulatan negeri Johor (tetapi) diberikan tugas untuk mempertahankan kes tersebut,” titah baginda.

    Sultan Ibrahim bertitah demikian ketika merasmikan penggal kedua Sidang Dewan Undangan Negeri Johor Ke-12 di Bangunan Sultan Ibrahim, Bukit Timbalan, di sini hari ini.

    November tahun lalu, Kerajaan Persekutuan memaklumkan tiada rayuan semula dibuat selepas kalah dalam kes tuntutan Pulau Batu Putih kepada Singapura pada 2007 kerana ketiadaan bukti kukuh dan fakta lengkap namun tetap meneruskan usaha mencari bukti dan maklumat baharu untuk persediaan masa hadapan dengan kerjasama Arkib Negara.

    Malah pada penghujung bulan yang sama, Malaysia dan Singapura bersetuju menubuhkan sebuah jawatankuasa kecil baharu bagi membincangkan penandaan sempadan maritim Pedra Branca atau Pulau Batu Putih, Batuan Tengah dan Tubir Selatan – kelompok batu yang muncul di laut kedua-dua negara.

    Source: The Straits Times, Utusan Malaysia

     

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