Amidst reports that some groups are attempting to promote radical ideologies at Malaysian universities including the agenda’s of the LTTE, the Sri Lankan envoy in Malaysia said that such a possibility does exist with so many private universities operating in Malaysia.
The Sri Lankan High Commissioner in Malaysia Dr. D.D. Ranasinghe, speaking to News Now.lk, said that the Malaysian Home Ministry is carefully monitoring any attempt by terrorist groups including the LTTE to carry out terrorist related activities in Malaysia.
Asked if it is possible that the militarily defeated LTTE could promote its agenda at Malaysian universities, Dr. D.D. Ranasinghe said that such a possibility does exist but noted that LTTE activities in Malaysia are far less than what it was earlier.
The Malaysian media reported that university students are being exposed to radical ideology — including Islamist extremism and Tamil separatism — although there is no immediate threat of it turning into terrorism.
The country’s Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein had said on Wednesday that the authorities, with help from foreign and local intelligence reports, were monitoring those who sought to spread militant ideas on campuses and elsewhere.
(Report by Jamila Najmuddin for News Now.lk)
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