(VOVworld) –  A military intelligence official in the Philippines said on Thursday that Islamic militants in Southeast Asian who claimed to be fighting for IS in the Middle East said they had chosen one of the most wanted men in the Philippines to an IS branch in this region.

In the photo in which IS has shown a terror training camp in the Filipino jungle, recruits are forced to crawl under a fence of barbed wire as a commander lets off occasional gunshots. (Photo: dailymail.co.uk)

In a 20-minute video posted on social media probably last week, a man identified by Malaysia’s authorities as Mohd Rafi Udin, a Malaysian militant currently in Syria, said in Malay: "If you cannot go to Syria, join up and go to the Philippines."

Udin also urged Muslims to unite under the leadership of Abu Abdullah, a Philippine militant leader who pledged allegiance to IS in January.

Abu Abdullah, also known as Isnilon Hapilon, is a leader of the Philippine militant group Abu Sayyaf. He is on the FBI's most wanted list for his role in the kidnapping of 17 Filipinos and three Americans in 2011 and carries a bounty of 5 million USD. Hapilon’s hideout is believed to be in Mindanao in the southern Philippines.  

The footage also showed three men apparently being executed, but it was not clear where and who they were.