Detained Malaysian in Somalia receiving fair trial, says embassy


KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): A Malaysian man known as Ahmad Mustakim Abdul Hamid, who is currently under detention for allegedly entering Somalia to engage in the activities of the Al-Shabaab terrorist group, is receiving a fair trial, says Somalia’s embassy in Malaysia.

The embassy’s press attaché Abdimajit M. Osman - in a phone interview - said that Ahmad Mustakim was charged in Somalia’s military court and the court proceedings began in 2019 after his arrest that year.

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