Funding terrorists<\/p>\n
Few people in Thailand seriously believe the Malaysian
\ngovernment supports or helps the bandits behind the violence in
\nthe South. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of Malaysians
\non the Malaysia-Thai frontier. Many Thais suspect covert aid and
\ncomfort for violent extremism flows from Malaysian border states
\nto Thailand.<\/p>\n
That suspicion was magnified last week by a charge that money
\nwas diverted from Malaysia's biggest charity directly into the
\ncoffers of Thailand's best-known group promoting the violence in
\nthe South.<\/p>\n
The charge came from Kuala Lumpur, via a senior official of
\nthe ruling United Malays National Organization. Annuar Musa
\nalleged a convoluted swindle of the Kelantan state branch of the
\ngovernment-backed Malaysia Islamic Welfare Organization, known as
\nPerkim. The bottom line, according to him, was that 120,000
\nMalaysian ringgit, or 1,245,000 baht, was funneled out of the
\ncharity from the border state and into accounts controlled by the
\nPattani United Liberation Organization.<\/p>\n
Malaysia must take this allegation seriously because it is
\nunconscionable that Malaysians are sponsoring murders in southern
\nThailand. Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar quickly issued a
\nstatement that \"Malaysia does not support any group that uses
\nviolence to achieve their objectives\".<\/p>\n
Malaysia owes Thailand a serious investigation and explanation
\nfor this most serious charge that its national charity has been
\nrobbed to finance violence and murder.<\/p>\n
-- Bangkok Post, Bangkok<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/funding-terrorists-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }