Nation facing twin threats, says UUM professor

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia is facing twin threats – from discontented local militants and extremist foreign students in local colleges.

Prof Dr Mohd Kamarulnizam Abdullah, director of Universiti Utara Malaysia’s Research Institute for Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore (UUM-ITS), said the local militants perceived that their Islamic faith was under attack while foreign students from the Middle East and African countries were using Malaysia as a safe base for their militant networks.