POLICE have identified at least 20 people in Johor with connections to Jemaah Islamiyah, Inspector-General of Police Razarudin Husain said.

Razarudin said he had instructed the Special Branch to find them at once following a deadly attack on the Ulu Tiram police station.

“We have identified 20 of them and I have instructed the Special Branch to locate them,” he said.

Razarudin said the father of the shooter, who was 24-year, is also a member of the terror group. Police have detained five family members of the suspect.

Two officers were killed and a third was injured by a masked assailant armed with a gun and machete in the Johor police station. The suspect was shot dead.

Police said the suspect is believed to have been a member of Jemaah Islamiyah.

Jemaah Islamiyah is a militant group based in Indonesia, which is dedicated to the establishment of an Islamic state in Southeast Asia. It was founded by Muslim preacher Abu Bakar Bashir in the early 1990s. – May 17, 2024.