SINGAPORE, Jan 14 — A Singaporean who transferred S$450 (RM1,358) to benefit the terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (Isis), then claimed trial as he did not recognise the republic’s laws, was sentenced to two years and nine months behind bars today . More details of how Imran...
Tuesday, 14 Jan 2020 03:53 PM MYT
More details of how Imran Kassim sent the money to an individual in Turkey in 2014 to publish Isis propaganda emerged in a district court as well. In convicting Imran, who was detained under the Internal Security Act in August 2017, District Judge Seah Chi-Ling found that his defence was “clearly without basis in our laws.”
When asked if he had anything to say in mitigation, Imran replied: “I think I’ve said everything I had to say yesterday.” After unsuccessfully trying to join Isis in Syria in early 2014 under the cover of providing humanitarian aid to Syrian refugees, he pledged his allegiance to the group on his Facebook account in July that year.
Imran remitted the money through a Western Union branch in Tampines on Oct 31, 2014. He then deleted the app as he wanted to hide evidence of his transfer and wanted to evade detection, he told the authorities in his statements after being detained.
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