![]() Meanwhile, the regional security source also said the Pakistani was once arrested in Thailand in 2015 and repatriated to his home country. “However, efforts to bring individuals with links to IS into Thailand failed to materialise,” he added. Prawit, who is also the Defence Minister and responsible for the police, said the Pakistani is believed to have produced fake passports and other travel documents in an attempt to bring IS-linked individuals from the Middle East into Thailand. Thai Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan confirmed the Pakistani’s arrest. The authorities found four Indian and three Singaporean fake passports on him, while a search of the condominium unit yielded equipment used to produce fake documents.Ī source quoted by the local media said Thai authorities have sought the help of their Malaysian counterparts to probe the Pakistani. The Pakistani was arrested by a team of Thai policemen and soldiers at a Bangkok condominium last Sunday. The revelation of a meeting between the Pakistani and Atiq in Malaysia needed to be looked into closely, said the source who declined to be identified.īoth suspects, according to him, are believed to have well-entrenched networks in Malaysia where they are alleged to have supplied fake travel documents to elements linked to the IS terror group and other subversives in the country. ![]() ![]() BANGKOK: The Pakistani man arrested by Thai authorities on the allegation of producing fake passports and other travel documents for Islamic State (IS) militants is believed to have travelled to Malaysia recently to meet a man linked to the al-Qaeda.Ī regional security source claimed that the man, who was detained a few days ago, had entered Malaysia using a fake passport to meet one Atiq, also known as Ghulam Farid, a highly sought-after suspect with links to the al-Qaeda terrorist group.Ītiq is an individual most wanted by the Spanish authorities for his alleged involvement in supplying fake travel documents to terrorist elements responsible for the 2004 bombings in Madrid which killed 191 people. ![]()
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