Ayob: A hundred Malaysians bent on false ‘jihad’ abroad


KUALA LUMPUR: Bukit Aman has detected nearly 100 Malaysians keen on heading to Syria and southern Philippines to join a false jihad with the Islamic State.

This intelligence was obtained after monitoring some 4,000 social media pages, said Bukit Aman Special Branch Counter Terrorism Division head Deputy Comm Datuk Ayob Khan.

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