Tighter Security In Malaysia

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30480, 30 June 1964, Page 11

Tighter Security In Malaysia

(N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) KUALA LUMPUR, June 28. Malaysian police have arrested 130 suspected. saboteurs and terrorists in the last 30 days, the ‘New York Times” news service reported.

In the week after the abortive Malaysian summit meeting in Tokyo security officers have taken a number of hew precautions against infiltrating Indonesians and their Malay and Chinese supporters. Malaysian authorities expect a series of new incidents involving Indonesians. The Philippines sent letters yesterday to the Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, and to President Sukarno- calling for a meeting of Malaysian, Indonesian and Filipino Foreign Ministers within two weeks.

Malaysia has prepared a reply saying there was still no point in starting more talks while Indonesia was announcing an increase in her guerrilla campaign. For the first time, saboteurs have penetrated central Malaya, where they blew up a railway line. On Wednesday night they derailed a freight train near .Tampin. A second explosive charged was set off later as repair crews were approaching the wreckage. There were no casualties but there was extensive damage. The superintendent of Malaysia’s police, Dato Claude Fenner, said today there was evidence the attack was •‘ln-donesian-inspired.” It was not

known whether the saboteurs were Indonesians or Malays. Superintendent Fenner said police had found three large caches of arms and explosives during the last 30 days. Those arrested included Malays and Chinese as well as Indonesians.

Early this morning, in a further move to tighten general security, 41 ethnic Chinese students, the alleged ring-leaders of Communist cells at Nanyang University in Singapore, were arrested.