NO EVIDENCE OF FUNDS TRANSFERRED FROM M'SIAN BANKS TO TERRORIST GROUPS

KUALA LUMPUR, May 4 (Bernama) -- There is no evidence of any transfer of
funds from the Malaysian banking system to terrorist groups, said Central Bank
of Malaysia (BNM).

The central bank said this in response to a report in a newspaper Monday on
a suspected individual linked to al-Qaeda transferring funds from Malaysia to
terrorist groups.

Malaysia's banking system is subjected to on-going rigorous surveillance and
has not been tainted by such illegal activities, said BNM in a statement today.

The central bank said it will continue to exercise vigilance and rigorous
supervision on such threats that may arise from money-laundering and
terrorist financing activities.

"The robustness and comprehensiveness of Malaysia's anti-money laundering
and countering terrorist financing regime has been validated and reaffirmed in
the independent assessment conducted by the Asia Pacific Group on Money
Laundering," BNM added.

-- BERNAMA