MALAYSIA: PKR Confirms Malaysian ‘Mossad Operatives’ Accused of Kidnapping Palestinians Here Not party Members

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MalayMail-Oct 19

The Malaysian couple who were among those arrested by the police for the alleged kidnapping of a Palestinian man are not from PKR , the party’s information chief Fahmi Fadzil said today. After a post showing the couple’s profile photo with a PKR frame — indicating their support for the party — went viral, Fahmi said the move was a personal decision. “I can confirm that the husband and wife who were arrested, Nidarayahu Zainal and Raibafie Amdan, are not members of any branch or division of Keadilan and have no connection to the party,” he said in a statement, using the party’s name for itself. Yesterday, local media reported that police rescued a 31-year-old victim a day after being kidnapped by a group of locals believed to have been recruited by Israeli intelligence agency Mossad to help the Zionist regime hunt down Hamas members in Malaysia. Links to the agency have yet to be officially established, with the police warning members of the public against further speculation.

Last Friday, 11 individuals, including a woman, were charged at the Magistrates’ Court here for the kidnapping a Palestinian national, Omar ZM Albelbaisy, to obtain information about a software used to hack mobile phones. The couple were among the 11. They were accused of committing the act on September 28 and charged under Section 3 of the Kidnapping Act 1961, read together with Section 34 of the Penal Code which provides for the death penalty or life imprisonment and whipping if convicted. Yesterday, the Palestinian Interior and National Security Ministry expressed its appreciation to the Malaysian authorities for rescuing a Palestinian from the Gaza Strip who was kidnapped in Malaysia recently. The victim was rescued after police arrested 18 people in separate operations in Kuala Langat, Ampang, Beranang in Selangor and Melaka from September 29 to October 4. Read more at: https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2022/10/19/pkr-confirms-malaysian-mossad-operatives-accused-of-kidnapping-palestinians-here-not-party-members/34466

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Indonesia urgently needs to revisit the possibility of repatriating the neediest of its young citizens stranded abroad, whose families had earlier joined ISIS. Most of these children are in camps in northern Syria but there are also small numbers in the Philippines, Afghanistan and Iraq. “Extricating Indonesian Children from ISIS Influence Abroad”, the latest report from the Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC) argues that the government could begin by bringing back small groups of unaccompanied children under ten years of age, who pose minimal security risk and are most vulnerable to deteriorating conditions in the camps.“The problem is that health and security conditions are worsening by the day in the Syrian camps, and the children are growing older,” says Dyah Kartika, IPAC analyst. “They need access to schools, a nurturing environment, and medical attention. If the government waits too long, the children will be further exposed to ISIS ideology.” The new report examines a 2019 list of Indonesians in camps and prisons run by the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The Indonesian government has been trying to verify their citizenship, but with pseudonyms, misspellings and bad transliterations, it is a daunting task. At the time the data was collected, between March and June 2019, there were 555 Indonesians in SDF camps and prisons, including 367 children. Among the children, approximately 277 were under the age of ten and 34 were unaccompanied. In June 2021, there are fewer than ten children who are both unaccompanied and under the age of ten that could be prioritized for return. Bringing back children of ISIS families is no easy task. The report analyses the main challenges faced by the Indonesian government. These include definitional issues, bureaucratic competition, the difficulty of verifying nationality, evaluating the toll of exposure to conflict, assessing security risk, and finding relatives or others willing to provide care once the children are returned. In addition, COVID has meant stringent restrictions on travel, placing further obstacles in the way of repatriation. There are several models for rehabilitation of children exposed to violent extremism in Indonesia that could be modified to accommodate the needs of children repatriated from abroad. The report examines these models and argues that the government does not need to have every detail of rehabilitation programs in place before it starts extricating children from ISIS influence. It can start by bringing back the most vulnerable children and then modify programs as needed.

“It’s important that the government see these children as victims” says Dyah. “They deserve a chance to be children again.”

MALAYSIA: PKR Confirms Malaysian ‘Mossad Operatives’ Accused of Kidnapping Palestinians Here Not party Members

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