KUALA LUMPUR: Police today confirmed that a militant arrested in Maluso by the Phillippines early this month, is a Malaysian. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said that the man, who hailed from Kelantan, had pledged allegiance to the Islamic militant movement in the southern Philippines. From what we know, this man is a supporter of the Islamic struggle in the southern Phillipines,” Khalid told reporters at the Police Training Academy in Cheras today. Khalid, however, denied claims that the man was caught carrying materials for Improvised Explosive Device. He said the military is checking if the suspect may have been training the Abu Sayyaf militants to make bombs.

Source: New Strait Times October 26, 2016 04:41 UTC