Malaysian police vow to hunt down IS militants

Mohamad Fuzi said the police would monitor every social media platforms available in the country following the threats issued by the IS in the video clips.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police have vowed to hunt down Islamic State (IS) militants who issue threats over social media to deliberately frighten the people.  

This comes after the IS reportedly declared war on Malaysia and Indonesia in several video clips where they had threatened to topple the government and leaders.  

Bukit Aman special branch director Datuk Seri Mohamad Fuzi Harun said the police would not compromise in the case of anyone trying to spread the IS ideology in the country.  

"We will monitor all aspects, including YouTube video clips, a medium often used by this group to intimidate the people," he told Bernama.  

Mohamad Fuzi said the police would monitor every social media platforms available in the country.  

He said though the video clips could be a mere “drama” to intimidate the people, the police took the matter seriously.  

"The video clips are only a threat, and they (IS militants) have never ceased intimidating Malaysians with threats of attacks and the like.     

"They use the social media as a platform to threaten attacks against the country, and we must strengthen the laws to check these undesirable events," he said.  

Mohamad Fuzi said the primary objective of the militants was to carry out violent attacks to keep Malaysians in constant fear.  

"This is the tactic employed by them to frighten the people and it cannot be allowed in Malaysia," he said.- Bernama