Anwar terror link claim probed

Sun, 26 Oct 2003, 00:00 WIB | Source: AP

MALAYSIA: Malaysian police will contact U.S. authorities about an
Australian television report alleging that an organization that
jailed former deputy leader Anwar Ibrahim worked for has
terrorist links.

Supporters of Anwar, jailed since 1998 for corruption and
sodomy, on Saturday denied he had any terrorist ties and said the
report was part of a campaign to kill his chances of a political
comeback.

The report by the news program Dateline, aired on the
Australian government-funded Special Broadcasting Service, said
the Washington-based International Institute of Islamic Thought
(IIIT), of which Anwar was one of three directors, was being
investigated for possibly funding the pro-Palestinian militant
group Islamic Jihad.

-- AP

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