Monday, 18 January 2016 | MYT 8:26 PM
Chef, financial consultant claim trial to helping Islamic State militants
BY FIRDAOUS FADZIL
THE STAR
THE STAR
Charged: Rohaimi (second left) and Mohamad Fauzi (second right) leaving the court.
KUALA LUMPUR: A chef and a financial consultant claimed trial at the High Court here to a charge of arranging to facilitate acquisition and control of property for Islamic State (IS) terrorists.
Mohamad Fauzi Misrak, 36, who worked as a chef in Singapore, and Rohaimi Abd Rahim, 39, were believed to have committed the offence at the Subang Jaya Maybank branch between December 2013 and July 2014.
Both of them were charged under Section 130P of the Penal Code, read with Section 34 of the same Act, which carries the death sentence or up to 30 years’ jail and a fine upon conviction.
On Monday, Justice Mohamad Shariff Abu Samah ordered for the case to be transferred to another High Court for the duo to be jointly tried under section 130G(c) of the Act.
The case before Justice Azman Abdullah was set on Feb 2 to 5.
It was the first time their pleas were recorded after the case had been transferred from the magistrate's court to the High Court.
On Nov 11 last year, Rohaimi was charged with soliciting for property for IS militants through a blog Revolusi Islam.com.
Mohamad Fauzi was charged with conspiring with Rohaimi by allegedly allowing his Maybank account to be used.
Mohd Fitri Asmuni and Abdul Halim Mohd Husin represented both of the accused and Deputy Public Prosecutor Aznika Mohd Alias acted for the prosecution.
