Bukit Aman’s Special Branch Counterterrorism Division (E8) principal assistant director Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay (Photo: .nst.com.my)Kuala Lumpur (VNA) – Malaysian police on October 13 disclosed thatfinancial transactions involving huge sums of money had been carried out,believed to activate the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) group in thecountry.
Bukit Aman’s Special Branch Counterterrorism Division (E8) principal assistantdirector Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay said the financial transactions were detectedin the accounts of individuals detained in the operations carried out onOctober 10 and 12 over their alleged involvement in LTTE.
He said that, from the investigations into the suspects’ premises and theirmobile phones, police seized flags, posters and pictures of LTTE leaders, anddetected financial transactions involving huge sums of money.
The financial transactions are believed to fund the promotional activities, recruitmentand mobilisation of LTTE programmes in the country, he said.
There is a movement trying to activate LTTE, and that’s why the police aremaking the arrests to stop this from expanding, he explained, adding there aretwo suspects among those detained who were planning to launch a “lone wolf”attack in the country like the attack that injured Sri Lankan High Commissionerto Malaysia in 2016.
Pitchay affirmed the arrests had nothing to do with any political party but itwas a terrorist issue, and they were made as the suspects supported theviolence and terrorist activities in Malaysia.
Malaysia has listed LTTE as aterrorist organisation since 2014 amid reports of attempts to revive the groupfrom abroad.
A total of 12 individuals, including twoassemblymen, were arrested on October 10 and 12 over alleged involvement inLTTE, including supporting and channeling funds to the group./.
VNA
