PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Government is seeking verification from authorities in the Philippines on the death of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) and Abu Sayyaf leader Zulkifli Abdul Hir, who has a RM15mil FBI bounty on his head.
Famously known as Marwan, the bomb-making expert and one of the world's most wanted man, had reportedly been hiding in the Philippines since 2003. The 46-year-old was born in Muar and trained as an engineer in the United States.
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