KUALA LUMPUR, June 24 — Malaysian authorities are not intimidated by threats made by its citizens abroad, Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said today after a local combatant with global terror network Islamic State (IS) warned of impending domestic attacks.
Instead, the Inspector-General of Police challenged the man, identified as Mohd Rafi Udin from Negri Sembilan said to be currently in Syria, to return home and take on the authorities head on if he dared.
“Do not try to threaten us. Even though we do not take this lightly, but I think we are too old to take these kind of threats.
“If you dare to make threats from afar, come back here and do it,” Khalid told reporters after a function here this morning, in response to the global terrorist group’s latest propaganda video said to feature Malaysian, Indonesian and Filipino militants.
Malay Mail Online was able to obtain a recording of Khalid’s remarks.
The national police chief added that security will be beefed up nationwide, including in public areas, to allay anxiety after the video was released this week.
“I ask all security forces to heighten security level especially in public areas as now the threat video is always in the people’s mind,” Khalid said.
The propaganda video released Tuesday reportedly showed Rafi calling on IS supporters to “kill off” non-believers and to look to their purported regional leader Abdallah al-Filipini from the Philippines as the latter has been appointed the IS head for Asia.
Rafi also reportedly said that Malaysian militants who had left for Syria would return to attack the national police headquarters in Bukit Aman.
Khalid said the police will be tightening security clearance into its headquarters.
