KUALA LUMPUR – The Royal Malaysia Police have yet to confirm the involvement of a foreign intelligence agency in the abduction of Palestinians in the country.
Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Azmi Abu Kassim said police are still investigating a claim as reported by a newspaper yesterday that Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency, was involved in the kidnapping of Palestinians in Malaysia.
“I can’t say whether the Mossad is involved or not, because the investigation is ongoing, and police are also not sure where the newspaper got such information from.
“The newspaper report has created speculations and interfered with the police investigation,” he told a press conference after opening the Rapid KL Safety Point at the Kg Batu MRT Station, here, today.
He said this when asked to comment on a report by a local English-language newspaper today, which stated that Mossad was the mastermind behind hiring local citizens for the purpose of kidnapping a Palestinian by the name of Omar Z. M. Albelbaisy Raeda.
Azmi said police would summon a representative from the newspaper to record a statement on the matter.
Omar, who arrived in the country last September 21, was rescued by police on September 29, a day after he was alleged to have been kidnapped by a group of men in a Toyota Vellfire multi-purpose vehicle at Jalan Yap Kwan Seng here.
His kidnap led to the arrest of 18 suspects in separate operations in Kuala Langat, Ampang and Beranang in Selangor and in Melaka from September 29 to October 4.
Last Friday, 11 individuals, including a woman, were charged in the Kuala Lumpur magistrates’ court on a charge of kidnapping Omar to obtain information on software used to hack mobile phones. – Bernama, October 19, 2022
