He said a manual in four languages — Malay, English, French and Arabic — had been created for the programme.
“We created this manual with a panel of at least 38 experts like ulama, psychologists, sociologists and other experts in de-radicalisation,” he said at the 3rd Counter-Terrorism Financing Summit (CTF Summit) hosted by Malaysia here today.
“We also engage with their family members and bring their family members to meet them so they can come back to them and their love.”
Zahid, who is also the home minister, said the standard operating procedure was based on Malaysia’s experience in fighting communist terrorists, and was shared with other countries.
“We just changed the template to deal with militants from Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), Islamic State (IS) and Daesh.
He said the Kamunting detention centre in Taiping, where he was once detained under the Internal Security Act, is now used as the de-radicalisation centre.
Zahid said the government would also attach an electronic monitoring device (EMD) or electronic anklet on those being de-radicalised.
“They will wear this anklet for a certain period of time so that we can monitor whether they have gone to meet their friends that were also involved in these activities or they have ceased to do so.
“Our methods are effective as they are restricted from communicating with their peer groups.”
Zahid added that they had a 97.5% success rate with the de-radicalisation programme.
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