The IGP said five others arrested in the multiple swoops were a 37-year-old east Asian man and four Yemenis. “The east Asian militant entered Malaysia in 2011 using a student visa – believed to be fake – and enrolled in an institution of higher learning in the Klang Valley. “He has ties with an east Asian terror group, which used Malaysia as a transit point and a hideout,” he said. A source said the east Asian militant was a Uighur militant from Urumqi, China. The latest arrests bring the number of militants detained since February 2013 to 278.

Source: The Star March 05, 2017 20:37 UTC