3000 detonators seized: Tawau the transit point?
Monday, February 20th, 2006 | 1:28 pm @ SK
Via BBC:
(SOURCE: BBC, 17 February 2006)
Via The Jakarta Post:
(SOURCE: The Jakarta Post, 20 February 2006)
According to the report, Borneo (including East Malaysia) plays an important transit point between militant training camps in the southern Philippines and their centres of operation in Indonesia.
Last October, Indonesian police seized a large quantity of explosives and bomb making material being smuggled from Tawau in Sabah and suspects were investigated to determine their links with previous bombings including Bali.
3000 detonators are not a small figure to be ignored by the authorities (Internal Security Ministry, Home Ministry and Sabah state government) and for once again seeing Malaysia name well connected to the name of terrorism, it’s indeed depressing.
Something must be done to curb the occurence and sometimes, it’s better to be late than sorry.