Amin Baco is the new ‘emir’ of IS

Well-known terrorist: Amin Baco has had a long experience in fighting a guerilla war.

MANILA: Questions may still hang over the fate of top Malaysian terro­rist Mohd Amin Baco but the Philippine police chief is already deeming him the new “emir” of the ultra-radical Islamic State (IS) in South-East Asia.

“Amin Baco is now the leader, not just of the remaining Maute but as emir of South-East Asia IS,” director-general Ronald de la Rosa told reporters yesterday, referring to the group that supplied the bulk of fighters who stormed Marawi on May 23.