Seven years for harbouring Movida blast suspects
KUALA LUMPUR: A night market trader was sentenced to seven years’ jail by the High Court here for harbouring two friends who were involved in a grenade attack at Movida nightclub in Puchong in June last year.
Both were wanted by the police for involvement with the Islamic State group.
Judge Datuk Azman Abdullah handed down the sentence on Mohd Sanusi Satar, 31, after he changed his plea of not guilty to guilty yesterday.
Mohd Sanusi was ordered to serve the jail sentence from the date of his arrest on Aug 8, 2016.
In his judgment, Azman said the offence committed by Mohd Sanusi in protecting individuals involved in terrorism was serious.
“They should realise that terrorist activities cannot be protected and although he played a small role by protecting the criminals involved, it shows the seriousness of the offence.
“The action by the accused in protecting the criminal offenders is like he himself, is involved in the offence,” he added.
Mohd Sanusi was charged under Section 130 of the Penal Code with harbouring or preventing the arrest of Jasanizam Rosni, 33, and Md Saifuddin Muji, 28, who he knew had committed, or would probably commit an act of terrorism. The offence was committed in a hut near a fruit orchard at Sungai Pas, Kuala Krai, Kelantan, between July 1 and Aug 8, 2016.
Based on the facts of the case, on July 1, 2016, Jasanizam, also known as “Zam” and Md Saifuddin, also known as “Panjang”, told Mohd Sanusi that they were looking for a place to hide from the police in connection with a case in Puchong, which Mohd Sanusi knew involved a bomb explosion.
Mohd Sanusi then allowed Jasanizam and Md Saifuddin to stay at his parents’ house in RPT Sungai Pas, Kuala Krai in Kelantan.
However, after a woman sent him a screenshot of the two men who were wanted by the police for the nightclub blast, he felt guilty and asked a man by the name of “Tarmizie” to bring Jasanizam and Md Saifuddin to his father’s fruit orchard, where the two men were in hiding prior to their arrest by the police on Aug 9, 2016.
On Jan 27 this year, Jasanizam pleaded not guilty to a charge of making preparations to commit a terrorist act on temples and nightclubs in Johor Baru. Md Saifuddin was sentenced to 14 years’ jail and six strokes of the rotan for unlawful possession of a hand grenade. – Bernama