TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Malaysian deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has that controversial Muslim preacher Zakir Naik, who has been chargesheeted under terror charges in India, will be extradited if a formal request is sent to Malaysia under mutual legal assistance treaty (MLAT) by the Indian government.
NIA sources said they will send an extradition request to Malaysia through ministry of external affairs as soon as the court takes the cognizance of its chargesheet filed against Zakir Naik last month. Naik has been accused of money laundering and radicalising several Indian Muslim youths through his speeches .
“If India requests that Naik be extradited via MLAT, we will send him. To date, there has been no such request,” Hamidi said. The Malaysian newspapers reported that Hamidi informed the lower house in Malaysia that it was yet to receive any formal extradition request from India.
Hamidi, however, claimed that despite India revoking Naik’s passport, Malaysia will not revoke his permanent residence (PR) status as he had not violated any laws there.
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