No new extradition request received for Zakir Naik, Home Ministry confirms

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 — The government previously opted not to extradite preacher Dr Zakir Naik to India and has given no commitment to do so, the Home Ministry told the Dewan Rakyat, adding that it has received no new extradition request.

In a reply to Pengkalan Chepa MP Datuk Dr Ahmad Marzuk Shaary, who asked about the latest status of India’s request, the ministry said no fresh application has been received for the time being.

The ministry said India’s formal extradition request for Zakir was received on Jan 19, 2018. The government later received a diplomatic note from India on May 29, 2020, asking Malaysia to reconsider.

“The Government of Malaysia has decided not to extradite Dr Zakir Naik to India. Therefore, no commitment has been given to extradite him,” the ministry said.

The decision was based on Malaysia’s rights under Article 6 of the Extradition Treaty signed with India in 2010, as well as provisions of the Extradition Act 1992, the ministry said.

Marzuk had also asked whether the documents and evidence submitted by India met the requirements of the Extradition Act and the bilateral agreement. The reply did not address that point directly.

Dr Zakir has been evading Indian authorities since 2016, when files were opened against him for allegedly making hate speeches and laundering money after five militants launched an attack at a bakery in Dhaka, Bangladesh that ended with 29 dead.

India’s Ministry of External Affairs in June 2019 said the Indian government had made a formal request to Malaysia for Dr Zakir’s extradition and would continue to pursue the matter with Malaysia, while a court in India had also in June 2019 ordered Dr Zakir to show up there.

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吉隆坡，11月2日讯——内政部在下议院表示，政府此前已选择不将传教士扎基尔·奈克博士引渡至印度，并且没有做出任何引渡承诺，并补充说，政府没有收到任何新的引渡请求。

彭加兰芝柏国会议员拿督艾哈迈德·马祖克·沙里询问印度请求的最新进展，该部回复称，目前尚未收到新的申请。

马来西亚外交部表示，印度于2018年1月19日正式向马来西亚提出引渡扎基尔的请求。随后，马来西亚政府于2020年5月29日收到印度的外交照会，要求马来西亚重新考虑引渡请求。

“马来西亚政府已决定不将扎基尔·奈克博士引渡到印度。因此，尚未做出任何引渡承诺，”该部表示。

该部表示，这一决定是基于马来西亚在2010年与印度签署的引渡条约第6条以及1992年引渡法的规定而做出的。

马祖克还询问印度提交的文件和证据是否符合《引渡法》和双边协议的要求。答复并未直接回应这一点。

自 2016 年以来，扎基尔博士一直在躲避印度当局的追捕。当时，五名武装分子袭击了孟加拉国达卡的一家面包店，造成 29 人死亡，之后印度当局对他提起诉讼，指控他发表仇恨言论和洗钱。

印度外交部于 2019 年 6 月表示，印度政府已正式向马来西亚提出引渡扎基尔博士的请求，并将继续与马来西亚就此事进行交涉；与此同时，印度一家法院也于 2019 年 6 月下令扎基尔博士到印度出庭。

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