Police to investigate purported IS letters: IGP

SHAH ALAM: Islamic State militants have purportedly threatened to blow up police stations in Negri Sembilan.
Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar disclosed today that at least five such letters were sent to district police headquarters in the state, including those in Nilai and Port Dickson.
The letters, received through the post on Monday, also made threats against foreign leaders.
Khalid said, however, the public need not be worried.
"The threats will not dampen the spirit of police personnel in carrying out their duties. We will investigate the authenticity and origin of these letters which supposedly claims Negri Sembilan is the next target for militants," he told reporters after attending a Hari Raya function at Selangor police headquarters here.
This is not the first time that IS sympathisers have made threats to attack the country's institutions, including government properties in Putrajaya.
They also plotted to kidnap Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein.
They are said to have targeted Khalid himself and federal police Special Branch's Counter-Terrorism Division assistant director Datuk Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay.
They also threatened to attack the federal police headquarters at Bukit Aman in an IS propaganda video.
Between September 2014 and May 2015, they made several plans to cause disorder in Malaysia but were thwarted by security forces.
On another matter, Khalid said police will also look into allegations by two students that they were assaulted by police officers in Klang.
He gave the assurance that appropriate action will be taken if the policemen are found to be involved in the incident.
"Surely if there is enough evidence those policemen who abused their powers and assaulted the teenagers will be charged," he said.
Over the weekend, two teenage boys had alleged that they were assaulted by policemen at a police station in Klang after they were picked up to assist in investigations into a fight.
The two, aged 14 and 15 had claimed that they were slapped, kicked and beaten with a hose by three policemen and a policewoman after being ordered to strip naked.
On another matter, Khalid said police would not proceed with the investigations into Umno Youth deputy chief Khairul Azwan Harun's report against former Bank Negara governor Tan Sri Zeti Akhtar Aziz, former Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief Tan Sri Abu Kassim Mohamed and ex-attorney-general Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail.
Khalid said police found Khairul Azwan was unable to present any evidence to support his allegations.
"He may have read reports from newspapers or heard rumors and he informed us his allegations were based on what he heard. We can't afford to go on with these types of assumptions," Khalid added.
On July 26, Khairul Azwan filed a police report against the three former civil servants for their alleged involvement in a conspiracy to topple Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak and the Malaysian government.
On another matter, Khalid stressed police can't execute the warrant of arrest issued by India for Tan Sri T. Ananda Krishnan and Ralph Marshall, the former chief executive of Astro All Asia Networks, as there is no legal agreement to do so.
The Malaysian telecommunications tycoon and Marshall are both sought after by Indian authorities to testify in a money-laundering case against the republic's former telecommunications minister Dayanidhi Maran and his brother Kalanithi Maran related to a 2006 Aircel-Maxis deal.
"No, we do not have any agreement with India that we can execute their warrant of arrest. No, we cannot do that," he said.