According to the Special Branch’s Counter-Terrorism Division assistant director Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay, the trend of Malaysians joining the Islamic State (IS) appear to have slowed following the death of Muhammad Wanndy Mohamed Jedi.

However, he said this did not mean that they were no longer active.

“Maybe they are active, but we are unable to trace their activities,” he said in a report by the New Straits Times.

“This is why we will continue our surveillance and collection of intelligence to ensure any attempts to launch an attack (on Malaysia) could be thwarted.”

In the report, Ayob added that lone wolf attacks could happen anywhere and were impossible to thwart without intelligence.

Wanndy, 27, was the IS group’s principal coordinator for Malaysia. He was killed in an attack in Syria earlier this year.

He was reportedly linked to the grenade attack on the Movida club in Puchong on June 28 last year, said to be the first attack by IS in Malaysia.

He had also been on the United States’ most wanted list for involvement in funding and providing operational support for IS.