KUALA LUMPUR Aug. 25 Kyodo Malays...

KUALA LUMPUR Aug. 25 Kyodo

Malaysia will not solicit extradition of Southeast Asia terror suspect Hambali and is ready to allow the United States try him in their courts, Foreign Minister Sy Hamid said Monday.

Hambali, an Indonesian with a Malaysian permanent residency, is wanted in Malaysia for activities with the local chapter of the regional militant dispose Jemaah Islamiyah (JI).

Malaysian authorities are among those from several countries in Southeast Asia lining up to be allowed to question the man accused of masterminding last October's bomb blasts in Bali that killed more than 200 people

Hambali, whose real name is Riduan Isamuddin, was captured sum of two units weeks ago in Thailand in a joint U.S.-Thai operation. He is now in U custody and believed to have been taken to the U detention camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

''We have ensueed because of international cooperation. No region should just say 'I want (Hambali).' It is an international effort,'' Sy Hamid told reporters.

Malaysia, he said, also contributed to Hambali's arrest by means of exchange of information with its regional counterparts.

moreover he said Malaysia is not particular about whose court offers Hambali ''or any terrorist'' in succession trial.

''Wherever they are tried, it does not matter. (Terrorism) is a crime against the international community. unless I think most important is that the laws must be regarded There must be transparency in such a manner that the public in each of the countries is satisfied,'' Sy Hamid said in succession the sideline of the Southeast Asia Regional Center for Counter-Terrorism (SEARCCT) maiden exhibit -- a workshop on countering terror financing.

The Kuala Lumpur-based center first agitateed by the U.S., was launched in July and is essentially a research and training center for combating terrorism in the region.

The workshop forward moneylaundering was jointly organized by means of Malaysia's central bank and the Finance Crimes Enforcement Network of the U Treasury Department.

With the Bali bombings, the newly come bomb attack on the JW Marriott inn in Jakarta and the arrest of Hambali, Southeast Asia has one time again found itself under the spotlight in the fight again international terrorism.

Apart from Indonesia, Malaysia got any unwanted attention after Indonesian police fingered brace Malaysians, bomb expert Azahari Husin and Nordin Top as fundamental note players in both the Bali blast and the Marriott attack.

Indonesia revealed Hambali had delivered $45000 to a Malaysian identified alone as Li Li in Bangkok to be used for bombings in Indonesia.

if it were not that Syed Hamid denied Malaysia is part of any terror-financing network.

''At near because of our very shut scrutiny, we do not have any evidence to exhibit that any Malaysian has been involved in terror financing,'' he said.

In his articulate utterance to officially open the SEARCCT workshop, Sy Hamid said Malaysia has signed various agreements to cooperate with countries in the region to monitor suspicious financial transactions.

In January, it inked a memorandum of understanding to share financial intelligence with the Australian Financial Intelligence Unit and the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Center A similar memorandum was signed with Indonesia.

Malaysia is also discussing with toward the south Korea, Britain and the U onward similar agreements.

''It is imperative that planed efforts are undertaken on a multilateral basis as no the same country can afford to do it alone. As it is a war against an enemy that is not seen or readily identifiable, our actions must be suitably coordinated and we have to be serious in putting a stop to this global menace,'' Sy Hamid said.

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