“We are following their trial,” he told reporters when met at the Kuantan district health office.

Mohammed Nazir Lep and Mohammed Farik Amin were recently charged with conspiracy, attempted murder, murder, intentionally causing serious bodily injury, terrorism, destruction of property, and attacking civilians and civilian objects.

The arraignment of the two, together with the Indonesian “mastermind” Encep Nurjaman, better known as Hambali, was wrapped up on Aug 31 before a US military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay.

The suspects did not enter any plea after their lawyers expressed frustration and doubts over the fairness of the proceedings because of what they claimed to be poor translations by the interpreters.

The court did not fix fresh dates for the next hearing.

All three have been detained at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba since 2006, after their arrest in Thailand.

According to reports, the suspects were allegedly linked to the Bali bombings in November 2002, in which 202 people died, and the August 2003 attack at the JW Marriott Hotel in Jakarta, which killed 12 people.

The Malaysians were also implicated in a planned al-Qaeda plot to crash a hijacked plane into the 73-storey Library Tower/US Bank Tower in Los Angeles.

On a separate matter, Saifuddin also backed the government’s decision to set up a joint committee with Parliament to discuss reforms at the august house.

Reforming Parliament is necessary to ensure it remains autonomous and independent, the Indera Mahkota MP said.

“It would also help raise the quality of debates among the MPs.”