KL extends prison terms of JI suspects

KL extends prison terms of JI suspects

MALAYSIA: The Malaysian government has extended by two years the
imprisonment without trial of 10 suspected Islamic militants,
including two Indonesians, a human rights group said on Sunday.

The 10 men were initially arrested in mid-2002 under the
Internal Security Act, which allows for people who are deemed
security threats to be jailed indefinitely under detention orders
that must be renewed by the government every two years.

The detainees, who are allegedly members of the al-Qaeda-
linked regional militant group Jamaah Islamiyah (JI), were
informed by police that they would not be released after their
original detention order expired on Saturday, said Malaysian
human rights group Suaram.

A government security spokesman, speaking on condition of
anonymity, told Deutsche Presse-Agentur, that the 10 suspects
were "still believed to be threats to the security of Malaysia."
--DPA