KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police said Thursday militants had been planning to target a beer festival in the capital Kuala Lumpur which was cancelled after protests from Islamists.

The Better Beer Festival, due to take place on October 6 and 7, was scrapped this week after an influential Islamic party warned it could turn the city into “the biggest center of vice in Asia.”

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