M'SIA, INDONESIA TO TRACK DOWN NOORDIN MAT TOP

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 12 (Bernama) -- The police will not let up in the cooperation with their Indonesian counterparts to capture Asia's most wanted terrorist, Malaysian Noordin Mohammad Top, who is also most wanted in the republic.

Inspector-General of Police Musa Hassan said the cooperation with
Indonesia would include sharing intelligence on the criminal's suspected
whereabouts.

He said the DNA and fingerprint specimens from Noordin's family sent to
Indonesia recently, did not match that of a terrorist who was shot dead by
Indonesian police (in Central Java, last Saturday).

The deceased was initially thought to have been Noordin.

"We will continue to hunt and track down Noordin, whether he is in Malaysia
or Indonesia, based on the information given," he told reporters at the Gaza
Children Humanitarian Fund cheque presentation ceremony here Wednesday.

Musa said the police were prepared to send a team to Indonesia, whenever the
republic needed assistance, adding that there was a liaison officer in the
republic.

"We have taken steps to intensify security, especially at border areas and
entrances to Malaysia, following the bombing tragedy in Jakarta last month," he
said, adding that the police were constantly exchanging information with Asian
countries on terrorist groups, particularly that involving Noordin.

Last Saturday, Indonesian police shot dead a terrorist, whom they initially
thought was Noordin, at a house in Temanggung, Central Java.

Noordin is linked to the July 17 bomb blasts on the JW Marriott and Ritz
Carlton hotels in Indonesia.
-- BERNAMA