Police Suing 6 Arakanese Deportees under Terrorism Law

The Irrawaddy 
By Moe Myint
25 July 2019

 Aung Myat Kyaw, the brother of AA chief Major-General Tun Myat Naing, poses for a picture. / Aung Myat Kyaw / Facebook

YANGON—Six Arakanese recently deported from Singapore have been sued by a police intelligence department for funding an ethnic armed group under the 2014 Counter-Terrorism Law. Relatives and police have confirmed that all six are in detention at the Mayangone Township Police Station.

An officer from the Mayangone Police Station told The Irrawaddy on Thursday morning that the Special Branch—an intelligence department under the Ministry of Home Affairs—is acting as the plaintiff in the case. He said that all of the Arakanese deportees were arrested shortly after their arrival at Yangon International Airport on July 12.

IGP on fight against terrorism in Malaysia and why we still need Sosma

malaymail  

21 July 2019
By G. Prakash

Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Abdul Hamid Bador answers questions during an interview with Malay Mail at his office in Bukit Aman Kuala Lumpur July 17, 2019. — Picture by Hari Anggara

KUALA LUMPUR, July 21 — Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Abdul Hamid Bador credits Malaysia’s counter terrorism success to the sharing of information with international counterparts who have more experience in fighting extremist ideologies.

The Counter Terrorism (E8) Division of the Bukit Aman Special Branch department has racked up an impressive number of arrests and stopped planned attacks from happening here.

“We have been watching closely the developments taking place in the Middle East as there had been earlier concerns that the defeat of the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria and Iraq could lead to frustrated fighters who have yet to fulfill their mission to become martyrs,” Abdul Hamid told the Malay Mail.

No Evidence of Any ARSA Links to ISIS: Terrorism Expert

The Irrawaddy 
By Nyein Nyein
4 June 2019

Sidney Jones, director of the Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC) in Jakarta, Indonesia, gives a public forum in Bangkok, Thailand on May 30. / Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy  

BANGKOK—Security expert and director of Jakarta-based NGO the Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC) Sidney Jones visited Bangkok last week to speak about pro-ISIS networks in Southeast Asia.

Dhaka agrees to combat drugs, terrorism at border.

MYANMAR TIMES
HTOO THANT | 10 APR 2019

Major General Shafeenul Islam, director general of the Border Guard Bangladesh, second from left, and Brigadier General Myo Than, chief of the Police General Staff, left, shake hands during a briefing in Nay Pyi Taw on Tuesday. Photo - EPA

Myanmar and Bangladesh will cooperate to combat narcotics and terrorists along their border, according to a joint statement issued after the sixth Myanmar-Bangladesh border guard forces meeting in Nay Pyi Taw on Tuesday.

“Matters of mutual benefit were discussed at the meeting, and both sides agreed to cooperate in those sectors,” said police Brigadier General Myo Than, who led the Myanmar delegation at the meeting a day earlier. 

Myanmar: Arakan Army Is Not A Terrorist Outfit – OpEd

eurasiareview
March 9, 2019

By S. Chandrasekharan

Location of Burma. Source: CIA World Factbook.

It looks that both the Myanmar Government and its Army with the tacit support of China are trying make out that the Arakan Army is deeply in cohort with the terrorist outfit- the ARSA in causing depredations in Rakhine State.

Three injured in bombing of Myanmar border police outpost.

The Straits Times
Published: 25th January 2019,

YANGON (DPA) - An unidentified armed group launched four explosive devices and fired several shots at a Myanmar police outpost in northern Rakhine state on Thursday morning (Jan 24), state media announced on Friday.

Two police officers and one military engineer were injured in the attack.

Violence has beset the Myanmar-Bangladesh border area for years.