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Can Malaysia refuse an Interpol Red notice for Indian Criminal Zakir Naik

India asks Interpol to issue red corner notice against Zakir Naik

FMT Reporters | May 12, 2017

This means that Naik, who has created ill-feelings between the races in Malaysia, will be declared an international fugitive and can be arrested by any agency around the world.

Interpol

The International Criminal Police Organization, ICPO or INTERPOL, is an intergovernmental organization facilitating international police cooperation. Wikipedia

Headquarters: Lyon, France

Formed: 7 September 1923

Agency executives: Meng Hongwei, President; Jürgen Stock, Secretary General

General nature: Law enforcement; Civilian agency

National Central Bureaus: 190

Governing body: Interpol General Assembly

Abbreviation: ICPO

KUALA LUMPUR: India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) has approached Interpol to issue a red corner notice (RCN) against controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik.
Naik, who is being probed for terror and money laundering charges, is said to be hiding in the United Arab Emirates or Saudi Arabia

. He also keeps moving between Malaysia and Indonesia, according to a report in The Times of India.



The Interpol RCN against Naik would mean that he will be declared an international fugitive and could be arrested by any agency around the world.
Naik was given permanent resident status by the Malaysian government about five years ago. His presence and activities in Malaysia have resulted in ill-feelings between the races.
There have been calls for him to be barred from entering Malaysia but his supporters claim he has a right to be protected by the Malaysian government.


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The Times of India said Naik was accused of spreading hatred by his provocative speeches, of funding terrorists and laundering several crores of money over the years. His Islamic Research Foundation and Peace TV have been banned by the government.
It quoted sources as saying that Interpol was approached after a 10-month long investigation where all charges against him had been substantiated.

Zakir Naik

Preacher

Zakir Abdul Karim Naik is an Indian Islamic preacher, and the founder and president of the Islamic Research Foundation. He is also the founder of the "comparative religion" Peace TV channel through which he reaches a reported 100 million viewers. Wikipedia

Born: October 18, 1965 (age 51), Mumbai, India

Nationality: Indian

Parents: Abdul Karim Naik

Spouse: Farhat Naik

Education: University of Mumbai, Topiwala National Medical College, KC Law College

The NIA found, during the probe that Naik and companies run by him owned 37 properties, estimated to be worth more than Rs100 crore (RM67 million).
According to the report, while issuing a non-bailable warrant against Naik, a special NIA court in Mumbai had recently said “there are reasonable grounds to believe that Naik is evading arrest and that he will not voluntarily appear before the court or before the agency”.
The court had also said that it found substance in the allegations made by the NIA.
Naik fled India after some of those involved in the July 1, 2016 Dhaka attack claimed they had been inspired by him, added the report.