Terror suspect helping rebels: KL

Terror suspect helping rebels: KL

MALAYSIA: A Malaysian who hosted al-Qaeda operatives as his guests in 2000 also helped supply weapons for a planned Islamic holy war in Southeast Asia, the Malaysian government alleges.

Yazid Sufaat, a former Malaysian army captain, donated cash to buy guns for Islamic rebels fighting government troops in the Philippines and bought supplies to make bombs for Muslims fighting Christians on Indonesia's Ambon island, a government document alleges.

The document also accuses Yazid of offering an apartment he owned outside Kuala Lumpur as a "stop over" destination for al- Qaeda members so they could hold secret meetings in 2000.

Officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, have previously said that the guests included two hijackers involved in the Sept. 11 terror attacks in the United States.

Yazid was among 23 suspected Islamic militants arrested in Malaysia in December and January. --AP