Malaysian authorities have warned that terrorist group ISIS plotted to attack a Carlsberg Brewery near Kuala Lumpur, as first reported to the South China Post. The group is said to be gaining support in Malaysia, which operates rules forbidding the consumption of alcohol by Muslims but also has a vibrant brewing sector because of the large number of non-Muslim Chinese in the country.
In the last seven months authorities in Malaysia have arrested 19 people for being involved with ISIS and they have 20 confirmed cases of terrorists traveling to Syria to join in the fighting. However experts say the number of Malaysians that have traveled to the Middle East is likely to be much higher than the official figure. The radicals who have stayed at home want to the topple the largely secular regimes in both Malaysia and nearby Indonesia.
Ayub Khan, a senior official for Malaysia’s Special Branch Counter-Terrorism Division, said: "During questioning, they [the suspects] admitted one of their main objectives was to attack the government. They also discussed planning attacks against a disco, pubs in Kuala Lumpur and a Carlsberg factory in Petaling Jaya."
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Indonesia is the worlds most populous Muslim nation and so a spread of Jihadism there would represent a major setback in the global war on terrorism.
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It is now thought there are at least 56 Indonesians's fightings in Syria and Iraq. Indonesian counter-terrorism expert Noor Huda Ismail said: "This is just like veterans from the wars in Afghanistan. Apart from Malaysia and Indonesia, there are also recruits from the Philippines going to Syria."
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The planned brewery attack is likely to focus minds in Malaysia as it is one of the top ten biggest consumers of alcohol. Brands like Tiger, Singha and Carlsberg are extremely popular despite the relatively high tax.
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