Batam cell leader 'helped 2 Uighurs flee from Malaysia'

The Batam terrorist cell accused of planning to fire a rocket at Marina Bay had allegedly tried to help two Uighurs flee to Indonesia from Malaysia, in an operation also involving a Malaysian militant cell.

Gigih Rahmat Dewa, the alleged leader of the Batam-based Katibah Gonggong Rebus terror cell, got US$3,900 (S$5,476) from a Muslim separatist group in Xinjiang, China, to help the duo, a police source told The Straits Times yesterday.



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