Thwarting future terror attacks


Brothers in arms: Comm Ayob Khan (right), with then Indonesian national police chief General Tito Karnavian in this 2017 photo, says the cooperation between Bukit Aman’s Counter-Terrorism Unit and other agencies regionally and globally can be strengthened.

KUALA LUMPUR: As the United States marks the 20th anniversary of 9/11, the most devastating terrorist attack on its soil, a Malaysian police chief who was then with the anti-terrorism unit says that intelligence-sharing among international agencies can be further improved and speeded up.

The Bukit Aman Special Branch Department, especially its Counter-Terrorism Unit, has been instrumental in combating terrorism, both locally and regionally.

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