KUALA LUMPUR: Police will immediately arrest foreign intelligence operatives, including Malaysians hired by Israeli intelligence agency Mossad, if they are detected operating in the country.
Inspector General of Police, Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said that arrest will be made discreetly before the information is revealed to the public through media.
He said that police will continue surveillance and intelligence-gathering efforts concerning this issue.
"We will always been on a lookout, be it economical sabotage or even espionage.
"If we have information, we will arrest them, only then inform the press.
"Since this is an issue of safety and order of the public, we will not abandon any efforts to gather intelligence," he said in a press conference today.
New Straits Times reported that police are working to detect foreign intelligence operatives, including Malaysians hired by Israeli intelligence agency Mossad, conducting clandestine operations in the country.
The efforts have been in full swing since the assassination of Fadi Mohamed al-Batsh, a Palestinian professor and member of Hamas, in Kuala Lumpur in 2018, as well as the arrest of a group behind the kidnapping of Palestinians in Malaysia.
Meanwhile, he said that the police did not receive any information about Malaysians potentially flying to Palestine to help them fight off the Israelis.
He advised any Malaysians from doing so as the country is in the midst of war.
"My advice is clear, do not go there as they are in war, and beware of providing donations to uncertified organisations as they may be scammers.
"For us police, if there is a request from the government through the United Nations (UN), we can go there to be peace police" he added.