LONDON: The 11 alleged arrested militants had links to the al-Qaeda, and were being questioned over the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, the Daily Mirror reported on Saturday.
According to the report, the suspects were members of a new terror group said to be planning bomb attacks in Muslim countries.
The report claimed that investigators, including the FBI and MI6, had asked for the alleged militants, who are aged from 22 to 55, to be interrogated.
They include students, odd-job workers, a widow and business professionals.
It was reported that in the interviews conducted so far, some suspects had admitted planning ‘sustained terror campaigns’ in Malaysia, but denied being involved in the disappearance of the airliner.
Last week, Bukit Aman arrested 11 alleged militants in Selangor and Kedah. They were believed to have networks in Syria and southern Philippines.
Flight MH370 went missing on Mar 8, with 227 passengers and 12 crew members on board, while en-route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
A massive search and rescue operation was conducted, first in the South China Sea, and later in the southern Indian Ocean.
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