Sister: Militants would have killed Hajar if he stayed

Sisterly insight: Rosmawati talking to reporters at Desa Baiduri flats in Cheras.

KUALA LUMPUR: Hajar Abdul Mubin, also known as Abu Asrie, came to Kuala Lumpur to escape the Abu Sayyaf group, according to his sister Rosmawati, 22.

She did not deny her elder bro­ther had been involved with the militant group, but said that he left his old life in southern Philippines two years before his arrest to try to build a new one here.