Al-Ma'unah
| Sauk Siege | |||||||
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| Part of the Operation Dawn or Operations 304 (Ops Subuh or Operasi Khas 304) | |||||||
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| Al Ma'unah terrorist group |
 Malaysian Army Royal Malaysia Police
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Muhammad Amin Mohamed Razali ☠ Zahit Muslim ☠ Jamaludin Darus ☠ |
Lt. General Zaini Mohamad Said ASP Abdul Razak Mohd Yusoff
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| Strength | |||||||
| Al-Ma'unah terrorist: 32 |
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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KIA: 1 dead WIA: 5 Detainees: 22 |
Coalition: 2 hostages killed (Army GGK: 1, Police: 1) Rescuer: 2 hostages (Police: 1 and Civilian: 1) |
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Civilian casualties No widely agreed on figure. |
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The Al-Ma'unah was a militant group based in Malaysia. The group was made famous by their audacious raid on 2 July 2000 on a Malaysian Army Reserve camp in the early hours of the morning and stealing weapons from the armoury. The group was later cornered in the village of Sauk, Perak and was involved in a stand-off the against the Malaysian Army and Royal Malaysian Police forces. The siege was ended when Malaysian security forces, including the army 22nd Grup Gerak Khas (22nd GGK) and police VAT 69 Pasukan Gerakan Khas, stormed the camp in Operation Dawn.
The group's full name was Persaudaraan Ilmu Dalam Al-Ma’unah (Brotherhood of Al-Ma'unah Inner Power) or Al-Ma'unah in short. The group had a website which explained that Al-Ma'unah was an organisation "involved in the teaching of martial arts particularly the development of one’s inner power and the practice of Islamic traditional medicine". The term "Ma’unah" supposedly means something extraordinary that happens to an ordinary Muslim individual (paranormal). The group claimed membership of 1000 ikhwan spread throughout Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
Malaysian Army: 59
Police: unknown
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