Iran Press/Asia: Malaysia’s inspector general of police, Razarudin Husain, told a news conference late on Friday that the 36-year-old suspect, who was found with six handguns and 200 bullets, arrived at Kuala Lumpur International Airport from the United Arab Emirates on March 12 using what authorities believe to be a fake French passport.
The suspect turned over an Israeli passport upon questioning by police, Razarudin said. The suspect told authorities he had entered Malaysia to track down another Israeli citizen over a family dispute.
According to Reuters, police are investigating if the man is a member of Israeli intelligence.
A Palestinian scientist was shot dead in Kuala Lumpur in 2018 by two unidentified men in a killing that Hamas suggested was carried out by Israel’s Mossad intelligence service.
Malaysian authorities have arrested three people suspected of supplying firearms to a suspected Israeli spy.
Three Malaysians, including a married couple, were arrested yesterday and have been remanded for seven days on suspicion of supplying weapons and acting as a driver to the Israeli suspect, Razarudin told Reuters on Saturday.
A pistol was retrieved from a car belonging to the couple, he said.
Authorities have been put on high alert following the man's arrest, with security beefed up for Malaysia's king, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, and other high-level figures.
Malaysia, a majority-Muslim country, is a supporter of the Palestinians and has criticized Israel's massacre in the Gaza war.
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