KUALA LUMPUR: A recently dismantled Bangladeshi militant cell in Malaysia was found to be collecting funds for Islamic State (IS) operations in Syria and Bangladesh, says Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Mohd Khalid Ismail.
According to intelligence gathered by the Special Branch’s Counter Terrorism Division (E8), the group, known as Gerakan Militan Radikal Bangladesh, had been actively raising funds and recruiting members with the intention of supporting IS.
