Zahid gives assurance Jalan Alor safe following arrests

KUALA LUMPUR: Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (pic) has assured that Jalan Alor and other areas in the capital are safe following terror alert issued by the US embassy and several others about a possible terror attack in Jalan Alor, Bukit Bintang last Thursday.

Dr Ah‎mad Zahid, who is also Home Minister, said that there was no terror threat in Jalan Alor and people were ready to face any threat.

‎"I want to confirm that the area (Jalan Alor) and a few other areas previously categorized as dangerous are being monitored closely by police.

“Police are ready and there is no threat," he told a press conference during the 10th Asean Ministerial Meeting on Transnational Crime (AMMTC) here Tuesday.

"However, we want to assure the people that police are always ready to make sure there is no act of terrorism and to ensure there is no threat at all in Malaysia," he added.

‎A Syrian man is among three suspected terrorists detained in the city after a terror alert issued by the US embassy and several others about a possible terror attack in Jalan Alor, Bukit Bintang.

According to sources, the Syrian, a Malaysian and an Indonesian were picked up after officers of Bukit Aman Special Branch Counter Terrorism Division raided a few places along Jalan Hang Tuah here on Thursday.

The suspects, aged between 30 and 51, were arrested between 6.30pm and 1.30am after the police received information from their foreign counterparts.

On Thursday, the United States Embassy and Australian High Commission here issued travel advisories to their citizens on the possibility of terrorist attacks in Jalan Alor and its surrounding areas.