NO MALAYSIAN LINK IN MUMBAI ATTACKS, SAYS CONSUL-GENERAL

By P.Vijian
NEW DELHI, Dec 3 (Bernama) -- Six days after the worst terror attack on
Mumbai which left 171 people including 26 foreign nationals dead, the city's
police refuted the earlier claim of a Malaysian link.

Malaysian Consul-General in Mumbai Wan Zaidi Wan Abdullah said the Mumbai
police informed him today that so far the ongoing probe did not indicate any
association with Malaysia.

"They denied any link to Malaysia so far. Early rumours yet to be
substantiated," he told Bernama after attending a special briefing by the
protocol division in Mumbai.

"I have personally spoken to the Mumbai commissioner of police (Hasan
Gafoor) and he said there was no such links so far," he added.

News reports surfaced last week that the assailants had used Malaysian
addresses to rent houses in Colaba area in the southern part of the city where
they struck with AK-47 rifles and hand grenades.

There were also reports that a credit card issued in Malaysia was found on
one of the dead terrorists.

Earlier, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Rakesh Maria also denied
reports that terrorists staying in Colaba used Malaysian student identity cards.

-- BERNAMA