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Southeast Asian nations to co ordinate against IS returnees
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Australia says Southeast Asian governments will hold a summit in August to co-ordinate against the security threat posed by homegrown Islamic militants returning from battlefields in Syria and Iraq. (Photo by CeBIT Australia (Flickr) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)])
Attorney-General George Brandis told a Senate committee on Wednesday that he and an Indonesian official will co-host the summit also attended by Malaysia, Philippines and New Zealand.
His co-host, Wiranto, who uses one name, is Indonesia’s co-ordinating minister for political, legal and security affairs. The summit is scheduled to be held in the Indonesian city of Manado in the last week of August.
Hundreds of militants are returning to their homes in the Asia-Pacific region as Islamic State fighters lose ground in Syria and Iraq. Officials fear that they will continue plotting to kill at home.
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