Daish: Primary school teacher among nine detained - IGP

Nine men, including a primary school teacher, who are believed to be involved in the Daesh militant movement were held in several locations in the country between March 15 and last Tuesday.

Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said all of them, who were Malaysian nationals aged between 26 and 46, were detained in Selangor, Perak, Kedah, Kelantan and Johor.

The first suspect, who was detained on March 15, is a Puspakom technician aged 27, in Klang.

"The suspect is one of the cell members of the Black Hawk Telegram group (cell of the Daish terrorist group involved in the incident on the bombing at the Movida Club, Puchong).

"The suspect admitted to being involved in the channelling of funds to Muhammad Wanndy Mohamed Jedi for use by the Daesh in Syria," he said in a statement here.

Khalid said that following the operation, police detained two men aged 37 and 39 on March 16 in Kulim, Kedah and in Ipoh, Perak.

He said that one of them was a primary school teacher while the other worked as a security guard.

"The suspect who works as a teacher admitted to spreading the 'salafi jihadi' ideology of the Daish group via Facebook to recruit people to join the Daish movement," he said.

The IGP also said the outcome of investigation revealed the suspect who worked as a security guard was believed to have planned to sneak out of Malaysia to enable him to join the Daish militant group in Syria or in Southern Philippine.

Meanwhile, two other suspects were detained on March 17 in Perak aged 31 and 28 who worked as a restaurant assistant while the other owned a veterinary shop. - BERNAMA