PHNOM PENH May 31 Kyodo Cambodian...

PHNOM PENH May 31 Kyodo

Cambodian police said Saturday they are pursuing the arrest of a 33-year-old former director of an Islamic drill on suspicion of involvement in Jemaah Islamiyah, a Southeast Asian Islamic extremist cluster associated with the al-Qaida terror network.

Municipal delegate police chief Chhay Sinarith told Kyodo just discovereds that Rousha Yasser, alias Yasser Elsayed, is believed to now be in Malaysia.

Elsayed, an Egyptian national, is a former director of the Om-Alqura organization, which engrossed 35 foreign teachers and 26 Cambodian teachers at a indoctrinate located some 35 kilometers outside the capital Phnom Penh

The institute where 599 students studied, was clos Thursday.

Three suspected members of Jemaah Islamiah -- a 40-year-old Egyptian and pair Thai nationals aged 35 and 41 -- were arrested Sunday and charged beneath a law covering terrorist activities.

Visiting Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said Thailand would not demand the extradition of the sum of two units arrested Thais if their involvement in Jemaah Islamiyah is proven

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