Bukit Aman to Beef up Security at Entry Points
Comment: Monis allegedly used Malaysia as a transit point to Australia and that happened 18 years ago, in 1996. In the following year Government of Australia granted political asylum to him. Thus, there is no issue or reason to finger-point at Malaysia. What is more important is to investigate i) who supplied him weapons and other explosion materials; ii) the failure of Intelligence; iii) near future counter-terrorism strategy.
KUALA LUMPUR: Bukit Aman has ordered a security beef-up at all entry points following a report that Sydney hostage taker Man Haron Monis had transited in Malaysia before heading to Australia, where he was eventually granted asylum.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said the police would be extra vigilant, especially following the latest development in the hostage siege, which left three people dead, including the gunman.
“We have to be prepared to face any outcome as the main priority is the safety and security of the country.
“We will investigate the report, which claimed that the gunman had actually transited in Malaysia,” he said when contacted yesterday.
It was reported by the Mehr News Agency (http://en.mehrnews.com/) that Man Haron had travelled to Malaysia from Iran in 1996 before eventually being granted asylum by Australia.
Iranian police chief Brig-Gen Esmail Ahmadi Moqadam was quoted as saying that the Sydney hostage taker had run a travel agency in 1996 and had fled to Malaysia before coming to Australia with a dark and long history of violent crime and fraud.
According to Esmail, it took Iranian police four years to collect evidence on Man Haron’s identification documents.
The Mehr News Agency also quoted Esmail as saying that Man Haron fled the country in disguise, pretending to be a cleric so that he could enjoy political asylum.
On Monday, armed with a gun, Man Haron held several people hostage for 16 hours at the Lindt Chocolat Cafe in Martin Place.
Man Haron and two hostages – a 34-year-old cafe manager and a 38-year-old mother of three – died after commandos stormed the cafe when they heard shots fired from inside the cafe in the wee hours.
Six other hostages were injured, including three women with gunshot wounds.
At a press conference earlier this morning, the IGP also said Malaysia would not let the country be a launching pad or base for terrorists.
“The hostage siege in Sydney is but a taste of what is happening in Syria and Iraq. They (the militants) are trying to incite chaos.
“Therefore, we have to be extra prepared not just in the operational sense but in terms of laws as well,” he said.
The IGP said the situation Malaysia faced, made a new anti-terror law all the more urgent.
“Malaysia is popular with the wrong crowd as a transit point given the country’s open-door concept.
“That is why many criminal elements, including human traffickers, drug smugglers and terrorists, prefer to use the country for transit.
“Let me be clear – they may want to use our country as a transit point but they will not escape the police’s grasp,” he said.
Source: http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/12/18/Bukit-Aman-to-beef-up-security-at-entry-points/
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KUALA LUMPUR: Bukit Aman has ordered a security beef-up at all entry points following a report that Sydney hostage taker Man Haron Monis had transited in Malaysia before heading to Australia, where he was eventually granted asylum.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said the police would be extra vigilant, especially following the latest development in the hostage siege, which left three people dead, including the gunman.
“We have to be prepared to face any outcome as the main priority is the safety and security of the country.
“We will investigate the report, which claimed that the gunman had actually transited in Malaysia,” he said when contacted yesterday.
It was reported by the Mehr News Agency (http://en.mehrnews.com/) that Man Haron had travelled to Malaysia from Iran in 1996 before eventually being granted asylum by Australia.
Iranian police chief Brig-Gen Esmail Ahmadi Moqadam was quoted as saying that the Sydney hostage taker had run a travel agency in 1996 and had fled to Malaysia before coming to Australia with a dark and long history of violent crime and fraud.
According to Esmail, it took Iranian police four years to collect evidence on Man Haron’s identification documents.
The Mehr News Agency also quoted Esmail as saying that Man Haron fled the country in disguise, pretending to be a cleric so that he could enjoy political asylum.
On Monday, armed with a gun, Man Haron held several people hostage for 16 hours at the Lindt Chocolat Cafe in Martin Place.
Man Haron and two hostages – a 34-year-old cafe manager and a 38-year-old mother of three – died after commandos stormed the cafe when they heard shots fired from inside the cafe in the wee hours.
Six other hostages were injured, including three women with gunshot wounds.
At a press conference earlier this morning, the IGP also said Malaysia would not let the country be a launching pad or base for terrorists.
“The hostage siege in Sydney is but a taste of what is happening in Syria and Iraq. They (the militants) are trying to incite chaos.
“Therefore, we have to be extra prepared not just in the operational sense but in terms of laws as well,” he said.
The IGP said the situation Malaysia faced, made a new anti-terror law all the more urgent.
“Malaysia is popular with the wrong crowd as a transit point given the country’s open-door concept.
“That is why many criminal elements, including human traffickers, drug smugglers and terrorists, prefer to use the country for transit.
“Let me be clear – they may want to use our country as a transit point but they will not escape the police’s grasp,” he said.
Source: http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/12/18/Bukit-Aman-to-beef-up-security-at-entry-points/
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