A Daish militant refuted allegations that he has been giving out instructions to locals to launch attacks in Malaysia.
Muhammad Wanndy Mohamed Jedi, who had been named by police as the alleged 'mastermind' behind the grenade attack at Movida in Puchong last month, denied that those who were recently arrested had been taking orders from him.
"This is a heavy accusation intended to make those arrested as scapegoats. They (police) are cooking up stories as revenge towards me and manipulating facts of the arrests to divert the people’s attention from Malaysia’s current issues which is getting worse.
"Those who were arrested are mere supporters, who expressed support for the Islamic caliphate, and they have never received instructions from me to launch attacks on leaders and judges, as claimed by (Inspector-General of Police, Tan Sri) Khalid Abu Bakar in his Press conference," said Muhammad Wanndy in a Facebook posting Tuesday.
He went on to say that if those arrested were to be punished for something they were not responsible for, then the group (Daish) would not hesitate to launch a large scale attack to avenge those who had been persecuted.
READ: Daish attack in Puchong was just a warm-up
Previously, Muhammad Wanndy, also known as Abu Hamzah Al-Fateh in Syria, had been named by police as the man responsible for giving out orders for the June 28 attack at Movida which injured eight people.
According to intelligence sources, Muhammad Wanndy's threat on the large scale attack was personal in nature after his elder brother, Mohamed Danny Mohamed Jedi, 28, had been charged in a Malacca court on June 15 with channelling funds to the militant group.
The sources claimed that had triggered Muhammad Wanndy, who hails from Malacca, to instruct for attacks to be launched in this country.
Meanwhile, Bukit Aman Special Branch director Datuk Seri Mohamad Fuzi Harun, in an immediate response, said Daish militants in Malaysia did not have the ability to conduct big-scale attacks although the police would not take such threats lightly.
"They are now trying to learn on how to make explosive from neighbouring countries. We are constantly monitoring their activities," he told Astro AWANI.
Hakim Rahman
Tue Jul 05 2016
A photo of Muhammad Wanndy (left) that was posted on his Facebook account.
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