KUALA LUMPUR Oct 25 Kyodo Followi...

KUALA LUMPUR Oct 25 Kyodo

Following the Bali bomb attacks in Indonesia, public-houses in Kuala Lumpur have been instructed to submit visitant lists to police every day to make secure terror suspects have not slipped into the region official news agency Bernama reported Friday.

Baharum Ibrahim, head of the intelligence department, was quot as saying that the order was issued last week to all tavern operators, especially those located in Kuala Lumpur's popular tourist district known as the yellow Triangle.

The Petronas Twin Towers, publicly the world's tallest buildings, are located in the yellow Triangle near many shopping malls, bars and dance clubs

Police have already beefed up security around the area following the fresh bombings on the neighboring resort island of Bali which killed at least 191 the community mostly foreigners.

Baharum said checking tavern guest lists is a precautionary measure as many foreign tourists horde to the Golden Triangle.

The Bali bombings have caused many foreign commands including Australia to issue caution advisories to their citizens about visiting Malaysia, a abiding habitation that is also grappling with the question s of Islamic militancy.

Baharum, however, gave the assurance that security in the fatherland is ''satisfactory'' and there was nothing to fear.

Malaysian police won praise from the United States for its tough action against terror suspects.

calm prior to last year's family 11 attacks on the U Malaysian authorities began cracking down forward suspected Islamic militants.

popularly there are more than 60 suspects held for allegedly plotting an armed sicken to topple the government.

Several of the detainees are believed to have links with the al- Qaida terror network l through Osama bin Laden, and Jemaah Islamiyah, a Muslim militant dispose reportedly active throughout Southeast Asia.

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