The Malaysian government has started arrangements for the return to Malaysia of a suspected terror group member who was shot dead in an encounter with police in Davao City last weekend. Malaysian Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said they hope to have the body of Mohd Noor Fikrie Abd Kahar, 26, returned soonest. "Fikrie's next-of-kin and several of our officers will go to Davao to arrange for the body to be brought back soon," Hishammuddin said in a statement, according to a report on Malaysia's state-run Bernama news agency late Monday. He added Fikrie's family had sought the Malaysian government's help to bring his body home. Also, he said he instructed the Malaysian police to arrange for the remains to be brought back to the country immediately for burial.
Philippine police shot Fikrie dead Friday night following an encounter in Davao City. Fikrie was carrying an improvised explosive device at the time. Hishammuddin said Fikrie, who hailed from Malacca, was detected to have entered MIndanao last April and had learned how to make bombs there. On the other hand, he said the Malaysian government views with grave concern the subversive activities and threats of militant and terrorist groups, saying they could undermine a country's peace and security. "In this matter, we always cooperate closely with the security authorities of other countries in ensuring the security of our country and the region," he was quoted in the article as saying.
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