KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will boost surveillance and Immigration checks at all entry points following the imminent release of 350 Jemaah Islamiah (JI) militants from Indonesian prisons.
Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the authorities would collaborate with their Indonesian counterparts and Aseanapol, or the Asean police organisation, to ensure that the released militants did not pose any threat to other countries.
“We do not want them to come here and create trouble, let alone reactivate their militant cells,” he said at the federal police headquarters in Bukit Aman here yesterday.
JI is a Southeast Asian militant terrorist organisation dedicated to the establishment of a Daulah Islamiyah (regional Islamic caliphate) in the region.
It was responsible for the Oct 25, 2002, bombing in Bali, Indonesia, which resulted in the United Nations Security Council labelling it as a terrorist organisation linked to the Taliban’s al-Qaeda.
JI is believed to be linked with other militant groups, such as the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid, a splinter cell of JI that was formed by Abu Bakar Baasyir in July 2008.
Meanwhile, Zahid said Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng had agreed to the ministry boosting security in the state, with increased community policing measures.
“Lim is supportive of the ministry in increasing the strength of police volunteer reserves and other initiatives under the ministry’s supervision,” he said, referring to Penang’s voluntary patrol unit, which had been declared illegal.
Zahid said other measures included boosting the police-to-people ratio from 1:3,500 to 1:250, or one officer for every 250 people, in the country.
“More closed-circuit television cameras in crime hot spots, as well as patrol cars, will be allocated to improve security.”
He added that the ministry would promote self-censorship initiatives for smartphones, television and cinema during the Film Censorship Board’s 60th anniversary celebration in Putrajaya from Nov 22 to 23.
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