Prosecution wants Ulu Tiram attacker's five relatives to be tried together


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  • Tuesday, 17 Dec 2024

The accused being brought to court on Dec 17. – BERNAMApic

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has set Jan 20 to hear the prosecution's application for the five family members of the suspect in the Ulu Tiram police station attack, who are charged with terrorism-related offences, to be tried together.

Justice Datuk Muhammad Jamil Hussin set the date on Tuesday (Dec 17) after DPP Yazid Mustaqim Roslan requested that the accused be tried together as they are related.

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"The prosecution will submit documents related to the case to the defence per Section 51A of the Criminal Procedure Code," Yazid Mustaqim told the court during case mention.

The five accused are the suspect's parents Radin Imran Radin Mohd Yassin, 62, and Rosna Jantan, 59; and his three siblings Radin Romyullah Radin Imran, 34; Farhah Sobrina Radin Imran, 23; and Mariah Radin Imran, 19.

Lawyer Faizal Rahman, representing all the accused, then told the court that the defence would submit the affidavit in reply after receiving all the documents in the case.

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On Sept 30, before High Court judge Justice Datuk Noorin Badaruddin (now a Court of Appeal judge), Rosna pleaded not guilty to a charge of omitting to provide information about crimes related to terrorism.

She was charged with committing the offence at a house in Kampung Sungai Tiram, Johor Baru between April 2017 and May 17 this year.

The charge under Section 130M of the Penal Code carries a prison sentence of not more than seven years or a fine or both if convicted.

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Radin Romyullah, a food delivery rider, was charged on Oct 16 with supporting Islamic State (IS) and possessing materials related to a terrorist group. He pleaded not guilty to the charges before High Court judge Justice K. Muniandy.

On the first charge, he was accused of providing support by pledging allegiance to IS leader Abu Bakar Al-Baghdadi at a house on Jalan Rabani, Kampung Sungai Tiram, Johor Baru at the end of 2014.

The charge, framed under Section 130J(1)(a) of the Penal Code, carries a life sentence or up to 40 years imprisonment, or a fine, and confiscation of any property used or intended to be used to commit offences, upon conviction.

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Radin Romyullah was also charged under Section 130JB(1)(a) of the Penal Code with possessing an external hard disk containing materials related to IS and acts of terrorism at the same location at 10.45am on May 17 and 2.30pm on May 19.

Radin Imran was charged on Oct 23 with three counts of promoting the violent ideology of IS, providing support, and possessing firearms linked to the group.

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He pleaded not guilty to all the charges before Justice Datuk Azhar Abdul Hamid.

Farhah Sobrina was also charged the same day. She pleaded not guilty to deliberately withholding information regarding offences related to Sections 130J(1)(a) and 130G(a) of the Penal Code.

In the attack on the police station on May 17, Konstabel Ahmad Azza Fahmi Azhar, 22, and Konstabel Muhamad Syafiq Ahmad Said, 24, were killed, while Koperal Mohd Hasif Roslan, 38, was injured after being shot by an assailant who was later shot dead. – Bernama

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