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(Aug 20): Police have arrested 10 Malaysians, including a kindergarten teacher, suspected to have links with terrorist organisation Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (Isis) in simultaneous operations in six states.

Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said in a statement today that the suspects, aged between 24 and 42, were detained in Perlis, Perak, Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Negri Sembilan and Malacca yesterday.

Two women were among the suspects, Khalid said. Six were members of security forces, two civil servants and an interior designer.

"All of them are suspected of being involved in promoting Isis, collecting funds to help their activities, arranging for Malaysians to join the terror group in Syria and buying weapons to launch an attack on Malaysia," Khalid said.

The suspects were also allegedly involved in helping Isis militants back from Syria to infiltrate the country, recruiting Malaysians and withholding information about Isis activities in Malaysia.

The operations were carried out by the Counter Terrorism Division of the Bukit Aman Special Branch.

The suspects would be investigated under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (Act 747).

It was reported that the number of Malaysian joining the militant group has increased despite numerous arrests made by the authorities.

Khalid had previously said the trend among Malaysians launching attacks in the country upon getting instructions from senior Isis members in Syria was worrying.

"This is similar to the modus operandi of the latest attacks in Tunisia, France and Kuwait at the end of last month, where individuals sympathetic to and influenced by terrorist ideology or upon getting instructions from senior Isis members in Syria launched attacks," he said last month. – The Malaysian Insider

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