{"id":49426,"date":"2016-09-24T00:48:41","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T16:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.buletinonline.net\/v7\/?p=49426"},"modified":"2016-09-24T01:26:08","modified_gmt":"2016-09-23T17:26:08","slug":"malaysian-detained-guantanamo-transferred","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/malaysian-detained-guantanamo-transferred\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaysian Detained At Guantanamo To Be Transferred"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of two Malaysians being held at the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba for alleged involvement in a fatal 2003 bombing at the JW Marriot hotel in Jakarta could be transferred to Malaysia, according to a minister Friday.<\/p>\n

Malaysia’s deputy prime minister, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, said in a statement that if transferred, Mohamad Bashir Lap — who has been detained at Guantanamo since 2006 — will have to continue to undergo a deradicalization process at a Malaysian prison.<\/p>\n

Hamidi said the information was conveyed to him during a meeting with the United States’ Special Envoy for Guantanamo Closure Lee Wolowsky while the deputy premier led a Malaysian delegation to the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.<\/p>\n

“This possibility [transfer] is in tandem with our efforts to bring home the Malaysian detainees in Guantanamo Bay,” said Hamidi, who also serves as home minister.<\/p>\n

\"ISN_10021,_Mohd_Farik_Bin_Amin\"<\/a>“However, the United States has informed of the possibility of one of them [Mohamad Bashir Lap] being sent back to Malaysia, but he has to continue to undergo the deradicalization process,” he underlined.<\/p>\n

Lap and fellow Malaysian Mohd Farik Amin have been held at Guantanamo for their involvement with the Jemaah Islamiyah — al-Qaeda\u2019s Southeast Asia affiliate — in early 2000, with both identified as suspects in the 2003 JW Marriot bombing that killed 12 people.<\/p>\n

The administration of U.S. President Barack Obama has worked to reduce the number of detainees at the prison and currently 61 prisoners remain, down from nearly 800 at its highest.<\/p>\n

Last week, however, the House of Representatives passed a bill to block additional transfers of prisoners from the notorious detention facility.<\/p>\n

On Friday, Minister Hamidi also advised calmness among Malaysians regarding the transfer, underlining that the move does not mean that Malaysia was colluding in the matter of terrorist activities in any country.<\/p>\n

“What is important for us is the government’s concern for Malaysian citizens who are detained for a long time without trial in other countries,” he said.<\/p>\n

Hamidi added that a high-level committee under his chairmanship — comprise representatives from various ministries and departments as well as security officials — would be established immediately pertaining to the transfer.<\/p>\n

He revealed he had extended an invitation to Wolowsky to visit Malaysia to brief the committee on the requirements and conditions for the transfer of the Guantanamo detainee.<\/p>\n

“I am confident the Malaysian deradicalization program can rehabilitate the Malaysian detainee,” he stressed.
\nThe Malaysian-tailored program has had a 97.5 percent success rate, earning recognition from international authorities including Interpol as a successful deradicalization mechanism, according to the deputy premier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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