A Malaysian terrorist Yazid Sufaat that is linked to the infamous attack known as 9/11 in New York City has been released by the Malaysian authorities.
In the year 2000, he plotted to bomb Singapore with 4 tons of ammonium nitrate, which is a form of fertilizer and can be used to make bombs, it is a compound that replaced traditional dynamics that is used in mining.
He has spent more than two decades behind bars. He is a biochemist who was trained in the USA, he graduated from California State University with a degree in biochemistry, He even tried to produce weapons of mass destruction for Al-Qaeda.
He specialised in creating bio-weapons such as anthrax for the terrorist group.
He was released from Simpang Renggam Prison after serving two years.
Although he is released from the prison, he is under electronic tagging.
Info of Yazid
Scientists who helped Al Qaeda build a laboratory in Kandahar
• Born in Johor on January 20, 1964, a graduate of biological and chemical sciences from California State University, USA.
• Has served with the Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM) as a medical technician to the rank of captain.
• He is suspected of being involved in the US World Trade Center (WTC) bombing on September 11, 2001.
• Detained for eight years under the ISA between 2002 and 2010.
• Recruit new members to Daesh in Syria after release.
• Re-arrested in 2013 under SOSMA and sentenced to four years in Perak.
• Arrested again in 2017 according to SOSMA and sentenced to two years after capturing a fellow prisoner for Al Qaeda while in prison in Perak.