GEORGE TOWN:
Malaysia's emphasis on human security has put the country on the right track in
its fight against terror.
Aizat Training
Service director Dr Ahmad Nazzan Abdullah said with over 200 countries globally
had experienced terror attacks, no country was spared from terrorism.
He, however,
said with good preventive laws put in place in the country such as the Internal
Security Act (ISA), which was later replaced with the Prevention of Terrorism
Act (POTA), had proven successful in the fight against terrorism.
"We also
have very good de-radicalisation programme, where those who underwent the
programme gave up the extreme ideologies they once adopted after two years.
"Also,
pro-active counter terrorism approach by our men in blue, networking,
intelligence gathering, surveillance and pre-empt raids, have all contributed
to Malaysia's success stories," he said in his presentation titled
"The Role of Human Security as a Bulwark Against Terrorism: The Malaysian
Experience" at Universiti Sains Malaysia here on Thursday night.
The talk was
moderated by M. Afi Adli Hasnul.
Nazzan said
there was no point to create the preventive laws and undertake any such efforts
after any attack takes place.
He said
political security, economic security and social security have all contributed
to the nation's success in fighting terrorism.
"In his
country, the people have their rights and freedoms as enshrined in the Federal
Constitution. The economic wealth pie is also equally distributed among the
diverse races. We also have the Social Contract in place, something not
available in many countries.
"This is
why we have zero terrorist attack here in Malaysia, zero death and zero damage.
We are successful," he added.
To a question
from the floor, Nazzan said terrorism should not be equated with Islam or any
religion for that matter as no religion condoned violence.
"With new
terrorism, the terrorist organisations had brought religious ideology into
their political ideology.
"Islam
never asks to go and kill anyone. Suicide bombers who do this in the name of
jihad will not go to heaven. No religion supports the killing of innocent
people. If you detonate a bomb and people die, that is murder," he added.
Nazzan said
despite Malaysia being relatively safe, the people should know about terrorism
as everyone would be affected one way or another.
He pointed out
an example, that when one boards a plane, they are subjected to stringent
checks. "All this is a result of terrorism," he noted.
He also advised
students to not to be easily influenced by extreme ideologies. "This is
because extreme ideology will finally tell you that violence is the answer.
"Don't
become victims, as this is a one-way track. I had interviewed many of them who
were sent to detention centre for de-radicalisation. They all regretted their
actions," he said.
Credit to: NST
Online – 29 March 2019
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