Police hunt for suspected militants


From top left: Jeknal, Joraimee and Mahmud. Bottom from left: Amin and Najib.

KUALA LUMPUR: A former Universiti Malaya lecturer is among five suspected militants hunted down by police believed to be linked to the middle-eastern terror group Isil and Abu Sayyaf.

Former lecturer Dr Mahmud Ahmad and stationery shop owner Mohd Najib Husen, both 36, are believed to be leaders in the local militant group that is training and sending members to fight in Syria and Iraq.

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