KUALA LUMPUR: The detention of Singaporean Abdul Majid Kunji Mohamad on Friday has nothing to do with al-Qaeda or the death of its leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan last week.
Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said Majid's detention under the Internal Security Act was to prevent untoward incidents as he was linked to militant groups in southern Philippines.
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