KUALA LUMPUR – Four individuals, including a woman, were charged in the sessions court in Johor and Kelantan for terrorism-related offences.
However, no plea was recorded from all of them, as the cases are under the jurisdiction of the high court.
In Johor Bahru, a former lecturer at an institution of higher learning, Abdullah Daud, 70, was charged before judge Fatimah Zahari on four charges.
On the first two charges, he was charged with encouraging terrorist acts by instilling the ideology of terrorism linked to the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group and allowing a meeting to be held at his house for terrorist activities.
He was charged with committing the offence in Jalan Takwa, Kg Melayu Kangkar Pulai, here between September 3, 2023, and April 14, this year.
He was also charged with possession of two PDF books and an IS-related video on his mobile phone, as well as two books with the titles Hakikat Dienul Islam and Tarbiyah Jihadiyah with elements of terrorism and related to IS at the same location between June 23 and 28 this year.
In the same proceeding, a contractor, Mohamad Awang, 48, was also charged with a similar offence for having IS-related items in his mobile phone and laptop at Jalan Nipah 8, Taman Daya here, at 7.05am on June 23.
Meanwhile, in Segamat, a housewife, Irma Julyanti Buang, 39, was charged with two counts of supporting the Daesh terrorist group via Facebook and possessing materials related to the Daesh terrorist group on her mobile phone and laptop.
In Kota Bharu, an ex-convict was charged with four counts of possessing materials related to the Daesh terrorist group.
Nik Mohd Shalahuddin Zakaria, 40, who had previously been imprisoned for a similar offence, was alleged to have items related to terrorist acts and the IS terrorist group involving 1,020 photos, 26 videos and 321 PDF articles on a black Samsung Galaxy J7 Pro mobile phone.
Similar items, comprising 378 photos, 36 videos, and 244 PDF articles, were also found in an Oppo A16K cell phone belonging to him.
He was also charged with supporting the IS terrorist group via Facebook under the name of Ahmad Saif Al-Islam Il and with being a member of the IS group by performing the “Baiah” ceremony with IS leader Abu Hafs Al Hashimi Al-Qurashi to support the IS terrorist group in Kg Senang, Kota Jembal. – July 21, 2024