Defence Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has dismissed reports implying that Malaysian armed forces were involved in terror activities in Aceh, Indonesia, Bernama reported today.

    

He nevertheless called on the Indonesian authorities to investigate the matter thoroughly.

    

Ahmad Zahid was commenting on reports about a raid in Aceh last week in which Indonesian police were said to have confiscated bayonets, money, DVDs as well as “Malaysian military uniforms”.

    

Zahid said Malaysia had never interfered in any conflicts in neighbouring countries.

    

He was speaking to reporters after sending off Malaysian armed forces for the International Monitoring Team-Mindanao at the Subang air force base here.

Reports emerged earlier this week that an Indonesian police raid on a paramilitary camp in Aceh purported to belong to the Jemaah Islamiah (JI) found - in addition to the bayonets, money, and DVDs about the bombings in Bali in 2002 that killed 202 people - ‘Malaysian-style military uniforms’.

According to the reports, four suspected militants were arrested, while 50 others who were armed with assault rifles escaped into the jungle.