Arrested ISIS-linked Pakistani believed to have been to Malaysia

The Pakistani man arrested by Thai authorities a few days ago on the allegation of producing fake passports and other travel documents for ISIS militants is believed to have travelled to Malaysia recently to meet a man linked to the Al-Qaeda.

A regional security source claimed that the man had entered Malaysia using a fake passport to meet one ‘Atiq’, also known as ‘Ghulam Farid’, a highly sought-after suspect with links to the Al-Qaeda terrorist group.

Atiq is an individual most wanted by the Spanish authorities for his alleged involvement in supplying fake travel documents to terrorist elements responsible for the 2004 bombings in Madrid which killed 191 people.

The revelation of a meeting between the Pakistani and ‘Atiq’ in Malaysia needed to be looked into closely, said the source who declined to be identified due to the sensitivity of the information shared with Bernama here Wednesday.

Both suspects, according to him, are believed to have well-entrenched networks in Malaysia where they are alleged to have supplied fake travel documents to elements linked with the Daesh terror group and other subversives in the country.

Source: Bernama