Cornered: Bukit Aman Special Branch Counter Terrorism Division personnel detaining the families of the Indonesian militants in multiple raids on Dec 2.
KUALA LUMPUR: Just as the hostage crisis in Australia ended, Bukit Aman arrested a 30-year-old former National Service trainer linked to the Islamic State terror group.
Sources revealed that the man, who hailed from Terengganu, was tasked by a local militant group to open a new safe passage for Malaysian fighters to head to Syria.
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