Malaysia deports alleged Islamic terrorist commander

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 07, 2015
Malaysia deports alleged Islamic terrorist commander

Kuala Lumpur (dpa) - Malaysia has deported an alleged commander of an unnamed Islamic terrorist group that operated in Syria and Iraq between 2012 and 2014, the country's police chief said Saturday.

The 45-year-old suspect was Friday sent back to his home country, where he is wanted for his involvement in terrorist activities, police Inspector General Khalid Abu Bakar said.
Khalid said the suspect, which has not been named, had arrived in Kuala Lumpur in mid-January and was arrested by counter-terrorism police officers on January 31.Police did not elaborate on what the suspect might have been doing in Malaysia, but a source said a large amount of money was seized from the suspect when police swooped down on his hotel room in the tourist district of Bukit Bintang.