KUALA LUMPUR: The police have applied for an Interpol Red Notice against activist Tamim Dahri, says Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.
The Home Minister said efforts to locate Tamim are ongoing.
“Checks conducted with the Immigration Department on the suspect's international travel movements indicate that he remains overseas,” he said in a parliamentary written reply dated July 14.
Subsequently, the police obtained an arrest warrant from the Langkawi Magistrate's Court on May 17, 2026, and have placed the suspect on the blacklist.”
In order to locate and facilitate the return of the suspect to Malaysia, the Royal Malaysia Police have applied for the cancellation of the suspect's passport and subsequently submitted an application for an Interpol Red Notice on June 8, 2026,” he added.
He was responding to RSN Rayer (PH-Jelutong) on the efforts taken by the police and the government to locate and arrest Tamim.
The activist who was at the forefront of the “illegal temples” campaign was supposed to be charged under Section 295 of the Penal Code at the Langkawi Magistrates Court on March 17, over his alleged act of damaging a soolam (a sacred Hindu symbol).
