Story highlights Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi: ISIS planned to kidnap PM and other officials

Hamidi told parliament that intelligence had also foiled multiple attacks

(CNN) Malaysian authorities foiled an ISIS plot to kidnap Prime Minister Najib Razak, along with two other ranking officials, the country's deputy prime minister told Parliament on Tuesday.

The operation also uncovered plans to initiate multiple attacks in various parts of the country, including the capital, Kuala Lumpur, just over a year ago.

"On Jan. 30, 2015, a total of 13 people with ties to Daesh had planned to kidnap the leaders, including the prime minister, home minister and defense minister," Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi -- who is also the home minister and one of the targets -- told the country's parliament Tuesday. Daesh is another name for the terror group.

"We detected plans to attack several locations in Kedah, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya, attempt to rob of firearms from army camps, making of explosions, robbing cash-in-transit vans as well as plot to kidnap the country's leaders for ransom," Hamidi said.

He said there was no formal ISIS network in Malaysia and that cells were receiving orders direct from Syria.

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