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The Viet Tan terrorist organization has made use of the internet, especially social media, to conduct propaganda and entice people to join its disguised groups on the internet.

Philippine security forces are on high alert against possible retaliatory attacks by Islamic State-inspired terror groups in the Philippines following IS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi's death, said a military spokesman.

Malaysian police forces have uncovered new methods of infiltrating the country being used by terrorist organisations after they arrested an Egyptian man and two Malaysians on February 2, according to Police Inspector-General Mohamad Fuzi Harun.

Vietnamese Minister of Public Security Sen. Lt. Gen. To Lam said at the 9th International Meeting of High-Level Representatives on Security Issues in Sochi city, Russia, that solving terrorism is a long-term issue and needs active, synchronous and responsible coordination of many countries.

Philippine authorities said on February 26 they are aware of terror threats in the country’s southern region and have kept the situation under control.

Malaysian police said on Feb. 21 that they had arrested 11 Malaysians and Filipinos for suspected link to terrorist organisations, including the Abu Sayyaf militant group in the southern Philippines.

The Myanmar government on February 11 declared two ethnic armed groups to be non-terrorist organisations, according to the country’s Ministry of Home Affairs.

Australian Justice Minister Michael Keenan on November 22 announced the establishment of the Southeast Asia Counter-Terrorism Financing Working Group, which will link finance intelligence units across the region to counter terrorism financing.

A total of 35 suspects involved in violent attacks targeting three border stations in Maungtaw, Rakhine state, on October 9 have been arrested, according to Myanmar’s Myawaddy news.