KOTA KINABALU: A travel agency operator will be tried on July 24-28 this year at the High Court here for six charges of committing terrorism activities.
Justice Ravinthran N. Paramaguru fixed the trial date on Mohd Firdaus Asren Saputra B M S Asren, 35, when the cases came up for further case management
On the first to the second charges, Mohd Firdaus was accused of giving support to Islamic State (IS) by making baiah and to commit terrorism acts involving explosives at a conversation group on a social media Telegram, respectively.
The two charges also stated that the baiah and the support were made in the Telegram chatting group named “Gagak Hitam” and “amanah (phb) vs pas” and the accused’s username was “pejuang tauhid”, respectively, at a house at Kampung Contoh in Petagas at 11.32am on March 30, 2016 and June 28, 2016.
Both of the offences were framed under Section 130J (1) (a) and 130 (1) (b) both of the Penal Code, which carry life imprisonment for a maximum of 30 years and a fine and forfeiture of any property provided or collected or made available, upon conviction.
For the third to the sixth counts, Firdaus was accused of indirectly providing RM600 on four occasions, to one Bukhori Che Noor via a bank account for terrorism purposes.
The alleged offences took place at bank branches at Karamunsing in Putatan and at the Kota Kinabalu International Airport here between April 1 and June 30, 2016.
He was charged under Section 130N (b) of the Penal Code which is punishable by a jail term of up to 30 years and a fine and forfeiture of any property provided or collected or made available, upon conviction.
The prosecution will produce 14 witnesses to testify against the accused, who is defended by counsel Azhier Farhan Arisin.