A combination photos shows undated mugshots of four Bangladeshi nationals who were sentenced in a Singapore court July 12, 2016. From L-R, Rahman Mizanur, Miah Rubel, Md Jabath Kysar Haje Norul Islam Sowdagar, and Sohel Hawlader Ismail Hawlader. Ministry of Home Affairs/Handout via Reuters
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A Singapore court jailed four Bangladeshi men for between two and five years for terrorism financing on Tuesday in a case that has put the city-state's most marginalised migrant-worker community in the spotlight.
Authorities said the men contributed from S$60 ($45) to S$1,360 ($1,000) to fund attacks in their homeland in the name of Islamic State in Bangladesh. It was Singapore's first case of terrorism financing.
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