KUALA LUMPUR: A third Turkish national has been arrested in Malaysia, his lawyer said Friday, after two others were taken into custody this week on suspicion of funding the Islamic State group.

Turkish academic Ismet Ozcelik was arrested Thursday, his lawyer Rosli Dahlan told Agence France-Presse, adding that no official reasons were provided by authorities.

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