KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police are holding a
Singaporean under a tough security law on suspicion of channelling
funds to an Islamic militant group in the southern Philippines,
officials said Monday.
"Abdul Majid Kunji Mohamad is suspected of
funnelling funds and providing logistic (aid) to a militant
organisation in southern Philippines," Ismail Omar, inspector
general of police, said in a statement.
"Abdul Majid Kunji Mohamad was detained because his
involvement will endanger Malaysia's security."
Ismail said Abdul Majid, a businessman who lives in Kuala Lumpur,
was arrested May 6 in the capital and is being held under the
controversial Internal Security Act (ISA), which allows for
indefinite detention without trial.
Director of Operations in-charge of the special task force on
counter-terrorism, Mohamed Fuzi Harun, confirmed the arrest and
said the authorities are working closely with their counterparts in
Singapore and Manila to find out more about the businessman's
network. He added that the Singaporean runs a travel agency in
Kuala Lumpur.
The director also confirmed it has nothing to do with the Abu
Sayyaf Group but a group linked to the Moro Islamic Liberation
Front.
Malaysia is assisting the Philippines to broker peace with the Moro
Islamic Liberation Front in an effort to end a bloody secessionist
war in the restive but mineral-rich region of Mindanao, in the
southern Philippines.
A long-running rebellion in the region has left more than 150,000
people dead.
-AFP/CNA/ac