Lima disyaki militan ISIS pulang ke Malaysia, tiga ditahan

KUALA LUMPUR: Five suspected militants linked to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have returned to Malaysia and three of them have been arrested, it was reported.

The three included Mohamad Fauzi, also known as Abu Dayyan, New Straits Times (NST) reported. The newspaper described him as a "Tier One personality".

Prior to his return on Oct 27, he had been moving in Syria with another Malaysian known as Abu Naeem, who was described as a "commander of all operations" in a propaganda video by the ISIS, NST reported.

The whereabouts of the remaining returning militants is unclear, according to the report. Sources, however, said they were under police surveillance. – Straits Times/ANN