The charges against Radin Imran Radin Mohd Yassin, 57,
Radin Romyullah Radin Imran, 34, Rosna Jantan, 59, Farhah Sobrina Radin
Imran, 23, and Mariah Radin Imran, 19, were read before judge Che Wan
Zaidi Che Wan Ibrahim but no pleas were recorded from the five accused
because the case comes under the jurisdiction of the High Court.
According
to the charges, Imran, who is the father of the suspects, is accused of
encouraging terrorist acts by instilling the ideology of terrorism
linked to the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group to his wife, Rosna, his
two sons, including the suspect Radin Luqman Radin Imran, 21, and
Romyullah and his two daughters Farhah and Mariah.
Imran was also
charged with three more charges of supporting terrorist acts by keeping
four air rifle-type firearms (home-made) to carry out IS activities;
pledging allegiance to the leader of the terrorist group, Abu Bakar
Al-Baghdadi; and possessing a book related to IS.
All the offences
were allegedly committed in a house at No 15, Lot 1288, Jalan Rabani,
Kampung Sungai Tiram, between the end of 2014 and May 17 this year.
The
offence is charged under Section 130G(a) of the Penal Code which
carries a prison sentence of up to 30 years and a fine; Section 130J(1)
of the Penal Code which is life imprisonment or not more than 40 years
or a fine and confiscation of the property used; and Section 130JB(1)(a)
of the Penal Code which is imprisonment of not more than seven years or
a fine and confiscation of the substance.
Meanwhile, the second
accused, Romyullah, who is also the suspect’s brother, was charged with
two charges of swearing allegiance to the IS leader and possessing an
external hard disc containing materials related to IS and its activities
in the same location.
The offence was allegedly committed between
the end of 2014 and May 17 this year under Section 130J(1)(a) of the
Penal Code which carries a sentence of life imprisonment or not more
than 40 years with a fine and Section 130JB(1)(a) of the Penal Code
which provides for punishment imprisonment of not more than seven years
or with a fine and forfeiture of the substance.
Omitting information
The
suspect’s mother, Rosna who is a Singaporean; the suspect’s sister
Farhah and the suspect’s younger sister Mariah were each charged with
one charge of deliberately omitting information regarding crimes related
to terrorism.
All three were charged with committing the offence
at the same location between April 2017 and May 17 this year according
to Section 130M of the Penal Code, which carries a prison sentence of
not more than seven years or a fine or both.
The court fixed July 31 for case mention and to appoint a lawyer.
Deputy
public prosecutors from the Attorney-General’s Chambers Mohamad
Mustaffa P Kunyalam and Fazeedah Faik acted for the prosecution while
the accused were not represented.
The Johor Bahru Court Complex saw heavy police presence as early as 8am today in anticipation of the charging of the suspects.
In
the attack at 2.45am, on May 17, police personnel Ahmad Azza Fahmi
Azhar, 22, and Muhamad Syafiq Ahmad Said, 24, were killed by a masked
suspect armed with a machete while Mohd Hasif Roslan, 38, was shot but
reportedly stable after being treated at Sultan Ismail Hospital.
- Bernama
Koel : Are these 5 Malaysians or did they move here from Indonesia? How many more such covert groups are thriving in this country? The HM claimed that a database exists.
