30 July 2016

News Story: Malaysian warders influenced by IS ideology sent to deradicalization programs

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KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 (Xinhua) -- Seven warders of a Malaysian prison have been sent to special programs to be deradicalized after they were looking watching some terror suspects linked to the Islamic State and were influenced by their ideology, reported the Star on Friday.

The paper quoted Malaysian deputy Prime Minister Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi as saying that that's why "all detained militants were now being segregated from regular prisoners."

Read the full story at Xinhua