Malaysia has deported and blacklisted seven suspected Islamic militants who police say were involved in plans to launch large-scale attacks in several countries.
The men, who were aged 20 to 50 and included six Egyptians and a Tunisian, were among nine arrested early last month in the latest round of anti-terror operations by Malaysian police’s intelligence department.
They were detained by the Special Branch Department in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Sarawak between Feb 2 and Feb 9 after the Counter Terrorism division received a tip-off from intelligence agencies on the presence of several suspected foreign terrorist fighters belonging to the Al-Shariah Al-Tunisia group, which is a part of the Al-Qaeda terror network operating in North Africa.
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