Screening for foreign students wanting to study in Perlis Islamic religious institution

KANGAR: Security screening will be conducted on foreign students applying to pursue studies in Perlis, according to State Police chief Noor Mushar Mohamed.
He said the decision was made following the recent arrest of foreign students at an Islamic religious centre, who were found to have entered the country on a tourist visa.
By entering the country using a tourist visa, it will be difficult to detect their real intention of studying at religious centres in the state, he told reporters after accompanying Deputy Home Minister Datuk Mohd Azis Jamman during a visit to the construction site of the new Perlis police headquarters.
Noor Mushar said operations at an Islamic religious institution in Bukit Jerneh, Kangar, had been temporarily suspended, to facilitate screening by the police on all the students there, comprising 119 foreigners and 25 locals.
Last Sept 24, Bukit Aman Counter Terrorism Division detained eight people for alleged terrorism activities, with six of them who are students at the religious institution in Perlis. — Bernama