Elder brother of Ulu Tiram police station attacker denies supporting Daesh

Elder brother of Ulu Tiram police station attacker denies supporting Daesh

The court was told that he will be jointly tried in court with others charged earlier with the same offence.

Delivery rider Radin Romyullah Radin Imran is also accused of providing support by pledging allegiance to the leader of the Daesh terrorist group at a house in Sungai Tiram, Johor Bahru, at the end of 2014. (Bernama pic)
KUALA LUMPUR:
The eldest brother of the man who attacked the Ulu Tiram police station in Johor, resulting in the deaths of two policemen and injury of another, pleaded not guilty today in the High Court here to two charges of supporting Daesh and possessing materials related to the terrorist group.

Radin Romyullah Radin Imran, 34, a food delivery rider, entered the plea after the charges were read out to him before Justice K Muniandy, who then set Nov 15 for case management.

On the first charge, Radin is accused of providing support by pledging allegiance to the leader of the Daesh terrorist group, Abu Bakar Al-Baghdadi, at a house in Jalan Rabani, Kampung Sungai Tiram, Johor Bahru, at the end of 2014.

For this, he was charged under Section 130J(1)(a) of the Penal Code, which 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.

Radin is also accused of possessing an external hard disk containing materials related to the Daesh terrorist group and acts of terrorism at the same location at 10.45am on May 17 and 2.30pm on May 19.

For this second charge, he was charged under Section 130JB(1)(a) of the Penal Code, which provides for a maximum sentence of seven years’ imprisonment or a fine, and forfeiture of any such materials, if convicted.

Earlier, deputy public prosecutor Yazid Mustaqim Roslan told the court that Radin would be tried alongside other accused individuals who had previously been charged with the same offences in the High Court before a different judge.

“The prosecution intends to conduct a joint trial and an official request will be made,” he said.

Counsel Arief Firdaus Ashikin, representing the accused, did not object to the request.

On Sept 30, the accused’s mother, Rosna Jantan, 59, pleaded not guilty in the High Court here to charges of providing information related to terrorist ideology.

In the attack on the police station on May 17, two constables, Ahmad Azza Fahmi Azhar, 22, and Syafiq Ahmad Said, 24, were killed, while a corporal, Hasif Roslan, 38, was shot and injured. The attacker was ultimately shot dead in the incident.

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