PDRM vows to fight militant groups
Published on: Thursday, March 26, 2015
Kuala Lumpur: The Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) is determined to track down any individual, as well as fight militant groups such as the so-called IS group of militants to the bitter end, in an effort to correct their ideology which 'legalises' killing.Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said this was one of the challenges which encouraged the police to continue to monitor and fight IS militants from continuing to influence local communities.To curb their activities, he said the police initiated several measures to deal with the situation, including listing and identifying individuals trying to recruit Malaysians influenced by IS.
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"The police also launched operations to harass them and those groups identified, with the cooperation of foreign intelligence agencies by sharing intelligence to detect their network."In addition, we will arrest and charge suspects under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012, (SOSMA Act 2012); Prevention of Crime Act 2013 (Amendment and Extension); and the Immigration Act and Passport Act for foreign citizens."We need a new Act and are now making recommendations for it. I believe it can be tabled in Parliament this time," he said in a special interview in conjunction with the 208th Police Day celebration.To further check the IS influence, the police took measures by informing the public on IS and its activities, cooperated with the mass media, provided the latest information on militant groups and worked with the community to gain information, said Khalid.
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Besides detaining suspects, the police would also try to rehabilitate them with the existing provisions, he added."The police have conducted an IS recovery programme to rehabilitate these detainees so that they can understand IS better when they are released and will no longer pose a threat to our country.
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"The programme started soon after they were arrested and currently, there are about 70 IS detainees...things will be more systematic after two anti-terrorism laws are approved," noted Khalid.He said the police had the experience of detaining communist members and rehabilitating them."We will use the same approach with the IS detainees and rehabilitate them, especially those who had gone to Syria, and Malaysians who had slaughtered others, they all need to have their thinking restored," he said.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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