Records show three M'sian NGO leaders on FBI list are 'clean', says Saifuddin

The Star

The three Malaysian Islamic non-governmental organisation (NGO) leaders on the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Terrorist Screening Center (TSC) watchlist do not have any records of terrorist-related activities.  Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said this was based on the security records kept by the Police on 359 people from 53 NGOs involved in Ops Ihsan.  Read more at http://tinyurl.com/ya7skz6y  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 What the media reported as three individuals

00:05 who are involved in what they call terrorist screening information

00:11 which is controlled by terrorist screening center

00:17 that is America's system, not ours.

00:20 Okay, the background is like this, two important things.

00:25 America is in the process of passing a law

00:32 regarding the prevention of international discrimination, Hamas.

00:39 That is their effort.

00:43 On our side, it is known that we have an organization called Ehsan.

00:51 This is a humanitarian operation to help the Gaza people.

00:56 This is an initiative supported by the government

01:00 involving a group of NGOs.

01:04 Before we start the operation,

01:09 we will make a note so that there is no problem

01:13 when they conduct the operation there.

01:18 Based on our report,

01:23 all NGOs involved in this operation,

01:28 our police record,

01:32 none are involved in violence issues.

01:37 None, meaning clean.

01:40 The NGOs involved are about 359 individuals

01:55 out of 53 groups of NGOs.

02:05 The number of NGOs involved is 359.

02:13 We made a note of all of them.

02:15 Based on our report,

02:20 none of them are included in our report

02:27 involving any violence activity.

02:31 The issue is in the FBI's record.

02:37 I have to emphasize that.

02:39 In the...

02:44 This is an important statement to ensure that

02:47 we are a free and sovereign country.

02:51 We have our own laws.

02:53 We have an agency that is responsible for security.

02:57 We have a competent record in the field of cleanliness.

03:02 That is the status I need to mention.

03:07 Thank you.

03:09 [end]

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