During the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) meeting on 4 April 2002 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's Prime Minister at the time Mahathir Mohamad proposed 'a definition for terrorism encompassing all violence targeted at civilians, which he said included 11 September attacks, Palestinian suicide bombers as well as assaults by Israel in the Palestinian territories'.
[2] However, the proposal was met with resistance from the Arab countries, for fear that it will criminalised the Palestinian struggle for statehood.
The MPAJA members went out from their jungle hideouts and begun their reprisal campaign against Japanese collaborators, the police regiment and civilians.
Their reprisal campaign could have been the first known terrorism acts against the general population, The interim British Military Administration (BMA) was established on 12 September 1945, headed by Lord Louis Mountbatten.
By 1948, the BMA was facing growing threat of strikes by the labour unions, which was infiltrated by communist agents.
The Malayan Union was formally established on 1 April 1946 and Sir Edward Gent was appointed as its first Governor.
The creation of the Federation with a capitalist economy and constitutional monarchy ran contrary to the vision of the MCP to establish an independent socialist republic in Malaya.
During this period, the MNLA assassinated police, soldiers and civilians they perceived as supporting the colonial occupation.
However, the MCP launched another major offensive against Malaysian government forces, beginning with an attack on border patrol troop at Kroh-Betong, northern Peninsula Malaysia on 17 June 1968.
[4] Skirmishes, bombings and assassinations continued until the signing of a tripartite peace treaty between Malaysian and Thai Governments as well as the MCP on 2 December 1989.
Following a five-day standoff, the siege came to an end when Malaysian security forces, including the army 22nd Grup Gerak Khas (22nd GGK) and police VAT 69 Pasukan Gerakan Khas, stormed the camp in Operation Dawn.
[5][6] On 6 April 2015, Malaysian authorities arrested seventeen suspected militants who were involved in an alleged terror plot in the capital Kuala Lumpur.
Two of the suspects were alleged to have been fighting for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) in Syria.
The Malaysian Government defined the total defence concept as a form of overall and integrated defence involving government agencies, private sectors, non-governmental bodies and citizens of Malaysia to protect the sovereignty and integrity of Malaysia.
The main objectives are to instil the following among the citizens: Public preparedness focuses on two main aspects, namely: To ensure that the above focuses achieve its intended vision, the Malaysian Government has established the following as part of the implementation strategy: The economic integrity component seeks to ensure solid economic prosperity and continuous competitiveness level.
The aircraft crashed at Tanjung Kupang, Johor, on the evening of 4 December 1977,[11] the result of an apparent hijacking by unknown assailants as soon as it reached cruise altitude.
On 5 August 1975, a group of Japanese Red Army (JRA) terrorists launched a coordinated operation against several foreign embassies, housed in AIA Building in Kuala Lumpur city centre.
His followers were reported to have mutilated dead Malaysian security personnel bodies and tried to take Sabahan residents hostage.