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Zahid: We didn't arrest trio on Turkey's orders

Malaysian police did not act on the request of the Turkish government in the arrest and subsequent deportation of its three citizens last week, said deputy prime minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

Speaking to reporters in Kuala Lumpur, Zahid said the trio was arrested based on intelligence from the Malaysian police's Regional Digital Counter-Messaging Centre.

"All three of them are members of an illegal organisation in Turkey.

"So they were handed over (deported) to the Turkish government," he said in reference to Ismet Ozcelik, Turgay Karaman and Ihsan Aslan who were arrested for suspected involvement in terrorism.

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