PUTRAJAYA: The Royal Malaysia Police ( PDRM ) made eight arrests over the weekend for alleged ties to the Islamic State militant group.
On Saturday and Sunday, continuous procedures were conducted in four states. A former teacher was among those arrested , for suspected references to terrorist and extreme ideas.
Malaysia’s Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said on Monday ( Jun 24 ) that the six men and two , women, aged between 25 and 70, were detained in Kelantan, Johor, Penang , and Selangor.
First police investigations into the defendants revealed threats against Malaysia’s King, Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar,  , Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, dignitaries , and top PDRM leaders, he said at a media event.
The eight suspects come from various vocational and financial backgrounds, including women and educated experts.
The suspects will be held for 28 days under the Security Offences ( Special Measures ) Act 2012, he added.
When asked if , they were component of a community, Mr Saifuddin said they shared the same philosophy.
” It’s one ideology, one idea stemming from the faith that the country’s leadership , is , not based on , the empire program, for instance”, he said.
” When such problems are not met, they support actions to challenge , the state, that’s among the signs of their party’s ideas”.
Mr Saifuddin also said that the Indonesian government remains business that there will be” no compromise with someone inciting, perpetrating, supporting , or sympathising with fanaticism, radicalism , and violence in this country”.