A Cambodian court has issued an arrest warrant for an Egyptian believed to be connected to a radical Islamic group allegedly planning attacks in the country.
Mr Chhay Sinarith, a deputy Phnom Penh police chief, named Mr Rosha Yesser (33) also known as Yasser Elsayed Mohamed, as the fourth person involved in a local cell of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) militants.
"If he is staying in Cambodia then authorities will find and arrest him," he said. "We will strongly fight against terrorists."
The warrant was issued as 47 people, from the Middle East and Africa, were deported after authorities claimed they had smashed a terrorist group linked to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network.
Two Thais and another Egyptian were arrested for being members of JI, blamed for last year's Bali bombings and for having links with al-Qaeda.
Police say a local non-governmental organisation Om al-Qoura had used a Muslim religious school at Russey Chroy on the outskirts of the Cambodian capital to channel money from al-Qaeda to terrorists training in Cambodia.
Meanwhile Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra said in Siem Reap, where he was attending a joint Thai-Cambodian cabinet meeting, that his country would not seek the extradition of Thais Abdul Azi Haji Chiming and Muhammad Yalaludin Mading, calling it a matter for Cambodian justice.
He said Thai authorities had, however, determined they were JI members.
"Before they were arrested we had no record of their activities related to terrorism but after they were arrested we checked out the network of membership," he said.
"They do have membership of the network of JI people, but so far they have not committed any acts of terrorism in Thailand."
AFP