Kayak instructor jailed six years for aiding IS
KUALA LUMPUR: A kayak instructor has been sentenced to six years' jail by the High Court here for allowing his bank account to be used to fund terrorist activities.
High Court Judicial Commissioner Ab Karim Ab Rahman meted out the sentence against Mohamad Jazrin Mohamad Azaha after he admitted to the charge Tuesday.
JC Ab Karim ordered the sentence to run from May 18 last year, the day Mohamad Jazrin was nabbed.
He said the accused had communicated with Muhammad Wanndy Mohamed Jedi, 27, a known Islamic State terrorist, by depositing money into his bank account, thus indirectly helping the terrorists.
"Your act has encouraged terrorists to continue their activities and this is a serious offence," he said in his judgement Tuesday.
Mohamad Jazrin, 23, was charged with indirectly handling property belonging to Wanndy, by allowing a deposit of RM1,990 into his RHB Bank account for the terrorists' benefit.
He committed the offence at the RHB Bank in Jalan Tasik at Gopeng, Perak between Jan 30 and Feb 6, 2016 and was charged under Section 130Q(1) of the Penal Code.
Earlier in mitigation, Mohamad Jazrin's counsel P.A.Sharon said the court should take into consideration the fact that her client, aged 23, was still young.
She also applied for the sentence meted to run from the date of arrest.
Meanwhile, Deputy Public Prosecutor Izhanudin Alias pressed for a deterrent sentence, adding that the guilty plea was not a mitigating factor.
Based on the statement of facts, evidence showed that the accused got to know Wanndy via Facebook in 2015 and after that communicated directly using the WhatsApp messaging app.
In January 2016, Mohamad Jazrin received a WhatsApp message from Wanndy asking him for his bank account number.
Wanndy told Mohamad Jazrin that he would use the accused's bank account to deposit funds.
It was established that all the transactions were made under the instruction of Wanndy were for his and the IS group's use.
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