KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 16 — The eldest brother of the man who attacked the Ulu Tiram Police Station in Johor, resulting in the deaths of two policemen and another injured, pleaded not guilty in the High Court today to two charges of supporting Daesh and possessing materials related to the terrorist group.
Food delivery rider Radin Romyullah Radin Imran, 34, entered the plea after the charges were read out to him before Judge K. Muniandy, who then set November 15 for case management.
On the first charge, the accused is accused of providing support by pledging allegiance to the Daesh terrorist group's leader Abu Bakar Al-Baghdadi at a house on 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, 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, the accused 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 September 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 May 17 attack, two constables, Ahmad Azza Fahmi Azhar, 22, and Muhamad Syafiq Ahmad Said, 24, were killed, while Corporal Mohd Hasif Roslan, 38, was shot and injured. The attacker was ultimately shot dead in the incident.
— Bernama
