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.
The National Assembly’s Committee for Foreign Affairs hosted a conference in Hanoi on August 22 to review the implementation of legal policies on the management of foreigners in Vietnam.
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.
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.
Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines on October 12 launched their coordinated air patrols as part of effort to speed up their fight against Islamic militants, who have besieged Marawi, the southern city of the Philippines.
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.
Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Luhut Pandjaitan stressed the need for a comprehensive strategy to fight terrorism regionally and globally.
Vietnam contributed positively to the 9th ASEAN Defence Ministers’
Meeting (ADMM-9) by making a number of proposals towards building an
ASEAN Political-Security Community, stated Defence Minister General
Phung Quang Thanh.
ASEAN member states have expressed concern over the rise of violence and
brutality committed by terrorist organisations and extremist groups in
Iraq and Syria.
Four Turkish individuals have been arrested by the Indonesian
anti-terrorism police for their suspected links to international and
regional terrorist organisations, a spokeman said on September 14.
The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court on
January 20 handed down prison sentences on four individuals found
guilty of masterminding an attempt to overthrow the current regime.
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