Kuala Lampur, Oct. 18 -- DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang said Malaysia should focus on the potential return of defeated Islamic State (IS) fighters instead of being distracted with the "revival" of the defunct Sri Lankan terrorist group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

In a press statement today, the Iskandar Puteri MP cited experts who predicted that South-east Asia could be the newest breeding ground for the IS.

"Worldwide, attention is focusing on what is going to happen in the Syrian prisons since the Islamic State's self-declared caliphate collapsed earlier this year.

"The Syrian jails are packed with about 12,000 jihadist fighters, with about 65 from Malaysia and 'several hundred' from Indonesia, which do not include their disp...