Militant who planned to assassinate King and PM among 7 nabbed

KUALA LUMPUR: A 34-year-old jobless man who had threatened to assassinate the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong and Prime Minister Tun Mahathir Mohamad were among seven suspected militants arrested by the federal police counter-terrorism division (CTD) in four states since last week.
The suspect who is a Daesh supporter had also threatened to kill Minister in the Prime Minister Department Datuk Mujahid Yusof Rawa.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Mohamad Fuzi Harun said today the man was held on Tuesday in Skudai, Johor for his involvement with militancy and for posting the threats on his Facebook page.
He said the suspect planned to pull off the assassinations as he claimed the King and the country's leadership are "infidels who are not administrating the country in accordance to Islamic laws".
Mohamad Fuzi said the seven people arrested comprised of four Malaysians including a woman and three Indonesian men.
He said a day earlier, a 42-year-old technician and a 24-year-old woman were held in Johor.
The woman had months earlier channelled RM4,000 to Muhammad Nasrullah Latif@Abu Gomez, a Syria-based Malaysian militant who was killed in battle in March this year.
Investigators found the technician had made threats to carry out bombings in Malaysia, Indonesia and the Phillippines after this year's Hari Raya.
The man who posted the threats on his Facebook page was also found to be in constant contact with Muhammad Wanndy Mohamed Jedi, a senior Malaysian Daesh militant who led the Southeast Asia Islamic State chapter and was the mastermind behind the Movida Club bombing in Puchong in June 2016.
Muhammad Wanndy was killed in an air raid in Syria in April last year.
In another arrest on July 12 in Petaling Jaya, Mohamad Fuzi said a 27-year-old Indonesian contract worker was caught with over 100 videos and 90 photos related to the Daesh found in his cell phone.
He said the suspect had promoted terrorism by posting the material on Facebook and had planned to join the Daesh in Syria.
Mohamad Fuzi said on the same day, a 26-year-old Indonesian businessman who had close ties with a Bandung-based Indonesian terror cell was arrested in Terengganu.
He said the man had undergone militant training in Bandung since 2015.
The suspect's wife was also a Daesh supporter and the couple had planned to move to Syria with their children to join the terror group.
Two other arrests were that of a 42-year-old Indonesian and a 21-year-old Malaysian in Ipoh and Masai, Johor.
Both men who are factory workers had links with Indonesian and Syrian terror cells.
Mohamad Fuzi said all seven suspects are being held for terrorism under laws of the Penal Code and the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (SOSMA).