Malaysia deports 7 for alleged ties to terrorist group

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian police say six Egyptians and a Tunisian man believed to be linked to an African-based terror group have been detained and deported.
National police chief Mohamad Fuzi Harun says one of the Egyptians and the Tunisian national are suspected members of Ansar Al-Sharia Al-Tunisia, which is based in North Africa and listed as a terrorist group by the U.N.
Fuzi said in a statement Sunday the two were detained in 2016 for trying to illegally enter an Africa