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Southeast Asia
Malay police nab wayward elk hunters
2014-05-10
KUALA LUMPUR: Members of a Somalian terrorist group known as Al-Shabaab have been entering Malaysia pretending to be private college students and tourists.

The Bukit Aman Special Branch Counter Terrorism Unit has been tracking six Al-Shabaab members who entered the country in the past few weeks, according to sources. They said the group planned to set up a base in Malaysia to hide their members from the authorities.
Malaysia is a mostly-civilized country. Hard to hide in such a place. They should have looked at Yemen or Mauritania...
Easier to hide where you'll blend in with the local population. That's why they picked Malaysia. Second choice was Argentina.
Some of the members had left the country but police were monitoring those still here, the sources said.

They added that Al-Shabaab had no links with the militants arrested in Selangor and Kedah recently.
"No, no, certainly not!"
Police achieved a breakthrough when they arrested a 34-year-old Somalian man, wanted by Interpol for hunting elk without a license alleged terror links, in Selangor yesterday.

"More arrests are expected soon. The police have to act fast before this terrorist group gains a foothold in the country," one source said.

Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Mohd Bakri Zinin said the man, who was detained at about 4pm, was believed to be involved with the Al-Shabaab terrorist faction.
He was just an elk hunter. A heavily-armed, elk hunter...
"He was previously charged with being involved in terror activities in East Africa and was listed in Interpol's Red Notice (meaning he is being sought to be extradited to his country of origin).

"We are investigating his activities in Malaysia to uncover Al-Shabaab's network whose members might be hiding or planning action that can threaten the country's safety," he said in a statement.

The man is being investigated under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012. It is learned that police are still searching for a weapon cache the man may have.
Posted by:Steve White

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