KUALA LUMPUR: Two Malaysians repatriated to Malaysia after being held at Guantánamo for 18 years for his or her function within the 2002 Bali bombings might be subjected to a sequence of complete deradicalisation programmes, Malaysian Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail stated.
In a Facebook publish on Thursday (December 19), Saifuddin outlined the federal government’s intention of guaranteeing the “holistic rehabilitation” of the 2 inmates to facilitate their reintegration into society in three primary phases.
Last Wednesday the Pentagon introduced the repatriation of Mohammed Farik Amin and Mohammed Nazir Lep to Malaysia. The pair had pleaded responsible in January this 12 months to conspiracy in relation to the 2002 Bali bombings. They have been held within the infamous US navy jail in Cuba since 2006.
Saifuddin confirmed on the identical day that his authorities has welcomed the 2 detainees and helps their repatriation, primarily based on the “ideas of human rights and common justice”.
“The Malaysian unity authorities is anxious and attentive to the well-being of two Malaysian residents who returned from the Guantanamo Bay detention heart,” Saifuddin later wrote in a social media publish on Thursday.
According to the infographic connected to the publish, the rehabilitation plan will first place emphasis on supporting the 2 people by means of their transition into a brand new “managed atmosphere,” adopted by their reintegration into household life. The final aim is to make sure they’re “in a position to reside independently and productively throughout the neighborhood.”
Saifuddin additional famous that to enhance this strategy, the police will perform steady monitoring by means of common visits with the intention to assess the progress of their rehabilitation and make sure that the well-being of the 2 people stays safeguarded.
“The strategy highlights not solely the federal government’s sturdy dedication to the well-being of all residents, but in addition the values of the Madani authorities which prioritizes second possibilities and social justice,” the minister stated.
Free Malaysia Today (FMT) reported that Nazir, 47, and Farik, 48, had been in solitary confinement since their arrest in Thailand in 2003 by US authorities in reference to the Bali bombings that killed 202 individuals.
In January this 12 months they had been sentenced to 23 years in jail after pleading responsible to their function within the assaults underneath a pre-trial settlement. Under the settlement, they could possibly be launched after 5 years and repatriated to a 3rd nation.
The New Straits Times reported that, like many different detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Farik and Nazir had by no means confronted trial till this 12 months. Under January plea offers, each males agreed with prosecutors that they had been complicit within the Bali terror assaults after testifying towards Encep Nurjaman, higher often called Hambali, the alleged mastermind behind the assaults.
Hambali is the previous chief of the al-Qaeda-affiliated Jemaah Islamiyah motion.
