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KINIGUIDE | On Merdeka Day, 13 men were granted royal clemency. Malaysiakini explains what they did 20 years ago that landed them in jail.
How could a heterogeneous group take over a military camp?
On July 2, 2000, a little-known group calling themselves the Persaudaraan Ilmu Dalam Al-Ma’unah (Brotherhood of Inner Power) shocked the nation when they carried out an intrepid raid on a Malaysian Army Reserve camp. in Gerik, Perak.
The group, better known as Al-Ma’unah, was led by a fanatical ex-military soldier Mohamed Amin Mohamed Razali, who combined extreme religious and political beliefs.
Posing as army officers, 20 members of Al-Ma’unah seized weapons from the armory at Camp 304 of the Malaysian Army Reserve (Rejimen Askar Wataniah).
Members of Al-Ma’unah arrived disguised as senior military officers and arrived at the reserve camp in three well-disguised Pajeros.
They pretended it was a surprise inspection and seized much of the weaponry and communications there. It was believed that they even had a forged letter from the Ministry of Defense, using the real letterhead.
They seized a large cache of weapons that included 97 M16 assault rifles, two Steyr AUG rifles, four GPMGs, six light machine guns, five grenade launchers, 182 M16 magazines, eight additional GPMG barrels, three additional LMG barrels, 26 bayonets. , 9,095 rounds of 5.56 mm and 60 rounds of 40 mm ammunition.
After the raid on the army camp, what did they do?
The group then traveled 100 km south and took refuge in a town called Sauk near Kuala Kangsar and issued a demand that they would move to besiege Kuala Lumpur. and wage a ‘holy’ war Yes…
