Manager charged with possessing terrorist group items
KOTA KINABALU: A manager of a company providing communications services was charged with possessing items associated with the Islamic State (IS) and three counts of providing money for acts of terrorism.
Salahudddin Abd Latif, 40, was brought before Sessions Court judge Noor Hafizah Mohd Salim and the charge read out to him yesterday, but no plea was taken.
He was charged with possessing items associated with the IS terrorist group at a house in Taman Mawar Fasa 1, Jalan Spur Kinarut, Papar at 6.20 am on October 26. The charge, framed under Section 130JB (1)(a) of the Penal Code, carries a jail term of up to seven years or a fine and also liable to the forfeiture of any such items, upon conviction.
Salahudddin was also charged on three counts with providing RM1,600, in full knowledge that the money would be used to commit acts of terrorism, at the same house between April 2 - July 4, 2016. He was alleged to have deposited the money into a bank account under the name, Multi Point Trading Company, belonging to one Mohd Firdaus Asren Saputra B M S Asren.
The charges, framed under Section 130N of the Penal Code, punishable under Section 130N (b) of the same Code, provides for a jail term of between seven and 30 years and also liable to fine and forfeiture of the property, upon conviction.
The court fixed December 12 this year for mention of the case and ordered Salahudddin to be further detained in custody.
Deputy public prosecutors Muhamad Iskandar Ahmad, and Mohd Khairuddin Idris appeared for the prosecution while Salahudddin was represented by counsel Nelson Angang.