Category Archives: Comment

Uighurs trained in Sulawesi before joining ISIS

KUALA LUMPUR (The Star/Asia News Network): The Mujahideen Indonesia Timur (MIT) (pic), which operates in the mountainous jungle of Poso, Sulawesi, used to have Uighurs from China working side by side with them in their terrorism. According to intelligence reports, […] Continue Reading

Targeted villagers and security men were often beheaded

The news of Indonesian security forces laying the final blow on terror group Mujahideen Indonesia Timur (MIT), has largely gone unreported in the region’s media. Yet, the group, despite its small size and operating in a mountainous village in Sulawesi, […] Continue Reading

Threat emerging in far-flung camp

Sheltering an idealogical campaign: The Al-Hol camp, has been described as the ‘most dangerous camp in the world’ with a huge ISIS presence and where radicalistion is believed to be taking place. KUALA LUMPUR: At the height of the Islamic […] Continue Reading

Talks in KL to end deadly Thai conflict

Blast site: Thai police and army personnel inspecting the scene of a bomb attack which left three police officers dead in Yala in 2016. — AFP KUALA LUMPUR: Rebels from southern Thailand and the Thai government will meet here this […] Continue Reading

‘Lawyers can only access clients by travelling to Guantanamo’

Then and now: Mohammed Nazir (left) and Mohammed Farik. KUALA LUMPUR: Indonesian terrorist Hambali can now speak in English and even taught himself Arabic following his arrest 18 years ago. His lawyer, Jim Hodes, said Hambali was only allowed a […] Continue Reading

Long road ahead for Hambali

The many faces of Hambali: His latest look has even surprised local security officials. KUALA LUMPUR: A long legal journey awaits accused Indonesian terrorist Hambali and his alleged two Malaysian partners Mohamed Farik Amin and Mohamed Nazir Lep. Although a […] Continue Reading

Once in 100 years flooding? It has become too frequent

TAMAN Sri Muda is just a barely 15 minutes drive away from Shah Alam, the capital of Selangor. It is a major township located in the Klang district where, by logic, immediate help should have been efficiently swift to rescue […] Continue Reading

Getting affordable homes plan moving

Businessman Tan Sri Vincent Tan (file pic) wants to push his ambition of making homes possible to the low-income group as the size of the B40 group has reportedly grown to become B50 now. IT’S been 10 months since tycoon […] Continue Reading

M’sian terrorist Ahmad Mustakim radicalised while at university in Yemen

Extremist thinking: A screencap from Somalia’s Al Jasiira news showing Ahmad Mustakim testifying in a military court recently. KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian terrorist Ahmad Mustakim Abdul Hamid created history when he became one of the first foreign terrorists to be handed […] Continue Reading

Jack of all languages and master of none

IF there is one thing our politicians need to learn to save Malaysians from embarrassment, it is this — there is absolutely no need to use English if your command of the language is atrocious. Old and unflattering video clips […] Continue Reading