IMPACT OF UMNO’S CORRUPT CULTURE ON MALAYS: WHEN EVEN TOP MILITANT WANNDY USED ISIS DONATIONS TO PAY PERSONAL DEBTS
KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia’s top Islamic State (IS) militant Mohamad Wanndy Mohamad Jedi purportedly used money raised for the terrorist group’s fight in Syria to pay off his personal debt, The Star reported today.
Quoting a source, the English daily said Wannady, also known as Abu Hamzah Al-Fateh, had amassed at least RM100,000 in a short time, and that he had received at least RM8,000 monthly from IS sympathisers nationwide.
“The bulk of the cash has been used to cover his expenses in Syria.
“Authorities learnt that Mohamad Wanndy, also known as Abu Hamzah Al-Fateh, had used the funds to settle his debts and those of his wife,” the source was quoted as saying.
Wannady is considered the “puppet master” of IS operatives in Malaysia since last year.
Wannady has given directives for local IS operatives or sympathisers to perform lone wolf attacks, The Star reported, quoting another source as saying that the militant was not willing to get his own hands dirty.
“He has been urging militants in Malaysia to perform lone wolf attacks and even become suicide bombers, but there is no evidence he himself is involved in any fighting in Syria,” the source said.
Intelligence indicates Mohamad Wanndy has arranged dead drops to directly financing attacks in Malaysia and also channelled some RM6,000 to the three militants who were planning an attack here on Merdeka eve.
“It is his number one goal to launch a high-scale attack on home soil as a form of retaliation over the arrests of IS militants in the country,” another source was quoted saying.
It is understood that Mohamad Wanndy plans to stay in Syria and never to return to Malaysia despite his wife being five months pregnant.
Bukit Aman Special Branch Counter Terrorism Division head Deputy Comm Datuk Ayob Khan said the police managed to prevent 13 possible terror attacks, with the majority of them allegedly masterminded by Mohamad Wanndy.
DCP Ayob also said that 239 militants had been arrested since February 2013.
MALAY MAIL
Contributer : Malaysia Chronicle http://ift.tt/2c4RVYl
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