Linkage of Malaysian Ruling Coalition to Terrorism Grossly Wrong: Official

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Linkage of Malaysian Ruling Coalition to Terrorism Grossly Wrong: Official

The move to link Barisan Nasional (BN), the ruling coalition in Malaysia, with the Al-Qaedaterrorist group is grossly wrong factually, a senior official noted Friday.

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The move to link Barisan Nasional (BN), the ruling coalition in Malaysia, with the Al-Qaedaterrorist group is grossly wrong factually, a senior official noted Friday.

"It's clear the government will not compromise with any group that perpetuates violence. Stern action will be taken against the group," vice-president of the United Malays National Organization (UMNO), Muhammad Muhamad Taib, told reporters in Alor Setar, northern Malaysia.

It is reported the ruling BN's name was stated in a chart of the UN report extracted from the book entitled "Inside Al Qaeda, Global Network of Terror" written by a Sri Lankan Rohan Gunaratna.

The chart shows Al-Qaeda Southeast Asian network front and its links to various organizations including, among others, the Abu Sayyaf group in the Philippines, Kumpulan Mujahiddeen Malaysia, Jemaah Islamiah and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.

It also implied that Al-Qaeda had "ideological and political links" through the Moro Islam Liberation Front with a number of organizations in Malaysia, including opposition Malaysia Islamic Party (PAS), Malaysia Islamic Youth Movement (Abim), the ruling BNand Front Malaysia Islamic Council.

The ruling BN, founded in 1974, groups fourteen component political parties in the country.

Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said Thursday that Malaysia had registered a protest with the United Nations over thereport by the world body's monitoring group on terrorism which linked BN to the AL-Qaeda group.

The protest was lodged through Malaysia's Permanent Representative to the UN Hasmy Agam.

"We have launched a crackdown against violent elements in the country. We can see that the BN is a party and government that opposes any terrorist group," Muhammad said. "If we support violence, why should we take stern action against these groups?" he asked.

Muhammad said the government should take immediate action to correct the factually-wrong report.

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