Police: IS will eye South-East Asia even more after Abu Bakr’s death

Bukit Aman Special Branch Counter Terrorism Division head DCP Datuk Ayob Khan

PETALING JAYA: Security forces in Malaysia remain on high alert for any terrorism threat in the country, especially after the death of Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, police say.

The terror group, according to Deputy Comm Datuk Ayob Khan, will be more determined to set up a main base in South-East Asia, especially in the southern Philippines.