From “Malaysia’s Double Game” department:
Here’s a troubling development which will raise no eyebrows here in Malaysia, but should certainly raise all sorts of troubling questions elsewhere. Namely, Malaysia’s choice to merely deport a terror suspect, rather than charge, try, or imprison him, should cast a harsh skeptical glare on Malaysia’s Muslim government and its supposed commitment to ‘fighting terrorism’.
From “JI sleeper agent deported” in The Star, 13 July:
KUALA LUMPUR: Jemaah Islamiah (JI) sleeper agent Agus Salim, who was rearrested after sneaking back into the country using a new name, has been deported.
The 34-year-old Agus was deported to Medan [in Indonesia] on Friday, said federal police Special Task Force (Operations and Counter Terrorism) director Datuk Mohamad Fuzi Harun.
This was the second time Agus was deported from Malaysia, the first in 2009 for harbouring South-East Asia’s most wanted terror suspect Mas Selamat Kastari.
He was detained in Johor Baru [in Malaysia] on June 6 at a restaurant where he was working.
It is learnt that it was the same restaurant where he worked before his 2009 arrest.
Fuzi said police assisted the Immigration Department in preparing documents for his deportation.
Agus” 2009 arrest was under the Internal Security Act on suspicion of harbouring Mas Selamat, the alleged head of the Singapore JI cell, the regional terror outfit linked to al-Qaeda.
Lots of troubling questions here.
One, why was an admitted agent of a violent Jihadist organization trying to enter Malaysia again? Was he on holiday, or was it more like a business trip? It’s pertinent to note that jihadists have rather liked Malaysia over the years for its consistent recruiting and fund raising opportunities.
Secondly, why was he not charged with a serious crime, nor imprisoned once he was positively identified, nor extradited into Indonesian custody? Is deportation the standard protocol for foreign Islamic terrorists? Did the Indonesians sign off on this idea or were they notified?
Number three, if he’s supposedly a ‘sleeper agent’, then why does ‘Agus Salim’ seem so active? Remember, it’s his reported second recent trip to Malaysia, after he helped another (high profile) terrorist who also chose to try to hide in Malaysia in 2009, at least according to this article. Why is he being allowed to be so active by not one, but two Muslim governments?
And last but not least, why would a government-run newspaper write this up in the first place? Why is the Malaysian government revealing that such an incident ever happened in the first place? Is this supposed to prove Malaysian bonafides in the so-called war on terror? If so, I think the infidels are going to be less than impressed.
Many have remarked about Pakistan’s double game, and we here at Jihad Watch have written any number of articles about this. Alas, such duplicity is not limited just to perfidious Pakistan.