Malaysia is de-programming terrorists’ brains; the US could learn a lot from this

File pic of Counter Terrorism Division officers arresting a suspected terror suspect.

LATE last year, when US President Donald Trump met with Malaysia’s Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, the media missed a key turning point in Asia’s war on terror.

That is, that Trump and Najib have forged a new partnership that builds on Malaysia’s unique way of fighting terrorists — undoing the brainwashing.