Singaporean charged over event where foreigner with alleged terror links preached to migrant workers


Abdus Sattar is said to have organised the event at Lantana Lodge in Tech Park Crescent on Aug 9, 2024. - Lianhe Zaobao via ST/ANN

SINGAPORE: A Singaporean man has been accused of organising an event at a foreign workers’ dormitory involving Bangladeshi national Amir Hamza, a preacher with reported links to a pro-Al-Qaeda organisation in his country.

Abdus Sattar was charged on March 27 with one count each of abetting a foreigner to conduct activities as a religious speaker in Singapore without a work pass; organising a public assembly without a police permit; and providing public entertainment without a licence.

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