14 suspected militants held


Bukit Aman Special Branch Counter Terrorism Division raided a restaurant in Shah Alam and arrested 12 suspected militants. They were among the 14 individuals detained for their alleged involvement with the Islamic State (IS).

KUALA LUMPUR: Police have arrested 14 suspected militants, including three key figures believed to be behind the recruitment of Malaysians into the Islamic State (IS). The youngest is a 14-year-old boy.

The three are a 37-year-old Energy, Green Technology and Water Ministry senior assistant director; an unemployed man, also 37, who owns a Facebook account used to promote IS and recruit militants; and a 34-year-old unemployed man who had returned from Syria where he fought for the extremist group.

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