KUCHING: Islamic State (IS) militants under detention have managed to influence seven of their prison warders with their ideology. The warders have since been sent for deradicalisation, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said.
“This might come as alarming news but I acknowledge that seven warders who were looking after terror suspects in a prison were influenced to the point that we had to send them to be deradicalised,” he said.
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