A teacher, a state government-linked company’s CEO and a local councillor in Malacca were among five nabbed in the latest police operation linked with the terrorist group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) yesterday.

In a press conference today, Bukit Aman Special Branch Counter-Terrorism Division (E8) chief Deputy Comm Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay said the five were arrested for allegedly promoting, instigating and supporting LTTE.

They were arrested because they owned items related to the LTTE group and had even helped finance the activities of the international terrorist group, he said.

The 52-year-old secondary school teacher was arrested in Banting, Selangor yesterday for allegedly supporting the LTTE via social media and owned items related to LTTE.

A councillor with the Malacca Historical City Council, 43, and the CEO of Malacca Green Technology Corporation, 38, were nabbed because they were allegedly organising the Malacca LTTE Heroes Day ceremony.

They were arrested at Durian Tunggal.