Al-Qaeda Bagman Undercover in Malaysia for Years

(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) Although he was arrested in Germany in March and his name hasn't been disclosed, an alleged al-Qaeda money man is now reported to have worked undercover in Malaysia for at least four years as an engineer in a manufacturing plant.

The 31-year-old suspect, a German national of Turkish descent, is believed to have acted as coordinator for the transfer of funds from Malaysia to terrorist groups worldwide.

Malaysian authorities are tight-lipped but it is learnt that checks revealed that the suspect moved funds to al-Qaeda, Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). [...]

A source said the arrest of the German national may be the "tip of the iceberg".

"This is not something new. There have been cases of foreign terror suspects working here. Many of them, however, have been nabbed," said the source.

"The number of those detained is big. Many of them were nabbed by foreign intelligence agencies after they had left Malaysia."

The suspect frequently travelled home and it was on his last visit in March that he was nabbed by the German authorities, who sent an alert to Malaysia.

The suspect is still under detention while authorities from both countries sift through intelligence reports to ascertain the suspect's network.

It's believed that information obtained by interrogation of the al-Qaeda money man led to the recent sweep of terror suspects by British authorities which reportedly uncovered a "very big plot" against the UK.

It would be nice to put a name and a face on the alleged al-Qaeda money man.