Bangladeshis among 400 held in Malaysia

International Desk: Malaysia held more than 400 people conducting a counter-terrorism operation at different places of the country's capital city Kuala Lumpur on Monday.

The detainees were mainly from Bangladesh, India and Pakistan, authorities said.

Law enforcers also seized machines to make fake passports and to forge Malaysian immigration documents from their possessions.

Security in the city is being tightened up ahead of the Southeast Asian Games which begin in just over a week's time.

Monday's raids saw police break down doors and lead scores of people away in handcuffs to waiting buses. They were taken to police stations for investigation and screening.

Authorities said they were targeting anyone with missing or fraudulent travel documents or who was believed to be affiliated with terror groups in Syria and Iraq.

Source: Agencies
 

risingbd/Dhaka/August 08, 2017/A K Azad