son of Jemaah Islamiyah founder Abu Bakar Bashir has claimed that the senior cleric no longer has any ties with Madrasah Luqmanul Hakim in Ulu Tiram, Johor, ever since his return to Indonesia 25 years ago.

When contacted, Abdul Rahim Bashir said his father also has no communication with family members of the 21-year-old assailant shot dead in last Friday’s pre-dawn attack on the Ulu Tiram police station

“We don’t know them. Maybe...