Jangan buka pautan mencurigakan itu.

Jangan is the usual Malay word for don’t when giving a negative command.

So:

• Buka pautan itu. = Open that link.
• Jangan buka pautan itu. = Don’t open that link.

It is specifically used for prohibitions, warnings, and instructions telling someone not to do something.

Because tidak is normally used to negate statements, not to give negative commands.

Compare:

• Dia tidak buka pautan itu. = He/She does not open that link.
• Jangan buka pautan itu. = Don’t open that link.

So if you want to tell someone not to do something, jangan is the natural choice.

After jangan, Malay normally uses the base form of the verb.

So:

• jangan buka
• not usually jangan membuka in ordinary usage

This is very common in commands and instructions. Malay often keeps verbs simple in this kind of sentence.

Examples:

• Jangan makan itu. = Don’t eat that.
• Jangan pergi sekarang. = Don’t go now.
• Jangan buka pautan itu. = Don’t open that link.

In Malay, the subject is often left out in commands because it is already understood.

So Jangan buka pautan mencurigakan itu naturally means:

• Don’t open that suspicious link.

The implied subject is you.

If you add a subject, it can sound more explicit:

• Awak jangan buka pautan itu.
• Anda jangan buka pautan itu.

But in many real situations, leaving it out sounds more natural and direct.

Pautan means link, especially in the digital or internet sense: a web link, URL, clickable link, and so on.

So in this sentence, pautan is not a physical chain link. It refers to something like a suspicious website link in a message, email, or app.

Mencurigakan means suspicious or more literally arousing suspicion.

It comes from the root curiga, which is related to suspicion or being suspicious.

The form men-...-kan often creates a meaning like:

• to cause something
• to make something seem a certain way

So mencurigakan can be understood roughly as:

• causing suspicion
• making someone suspicious
• suspicious

In this sentence, pautan mencurigakan = a suspicious link.

Because in Malay, descriptive words usually come after the noun, not before it.

So:

• pautan mencurigakan = suspicious link
• literally something like link suspicious

This is a very common word order in Malay:

• rumah besar = big house
• kereta baru = new car
• mesej penting = important message

So pautan mencurigakan follows normal Malay structure.

Itu usually means that.

In this sentence, it points to a specific link:

• pautan mencurigakan itu = that suspicious link

Malay often places itu after the noun phrase, not before it.

So English says:

• that suspicious link

But Malay says:

• pautan mencurigakan itu
• literally: link suspicious that

This is normal Malay word order.

By itself, Malay nouns usually do not show singular/plural the way English does.

So pautan can mean:

• link
• links

However, in this sentence, itu strongly suggests a specific thing, so the most natural reading is:

• that suspicious link

If you wanted to clearly mean those suspicious links, you would usually make that clearer through context or other wording.

It sounds like a normal warning or instruction. It is direct, but not rude.

This kind of wording is very common in:

• cybersecurity advice
• public warnings
• official notices
• instructions from teachers, parents, or coworkers

If you want to make it softer or more formal, you could add words like:

• Sila jangan buka pautan mencurigakan itu. = Please do not open that suspicious link.
• Janganlah buka pautan mencurigakan itu. = Please don’t open that suspicious link. / Don’t open that suspicious link, okay.

But the original sentence is perfectly natural and standard.

Not exactly. With itu, it sounds like a specific suspicious link: that suspicious link.

If you want a more general meaning, you would more naturally say something like:

• Jangan buka pautan mencurigakan. = Don’t open suspicious links / suspicious links should not be opened.
• Jangan buka sebarang pautan yang mencurigakan. = Don’t open any suspicious links.

So itu makes the sentence more specific.

Yes. Pautan yang mencurigakan itu is also grammatical.

Compare:

• pautan mencurigakan itu
• pautan yang mencurigakan itu

The version without yang is shorter and very natural when mencurigakan works like an adjective.

The version with yang can feel a bit more explicit, like:

• the link that is suspicious

In everyday Malay, the shorter form is often preferred unless you want extra clarity or a more formal style.