Trader Gets 10 Years' Jail For Supporting Daesh

KUALA LUMPUR, July 25 (Bernama) -- A trader gets two years' jail after he pleaded guilty in the High Court here today, to two charges of wearing a T-shirt bearing the Daesh symbol and to supporting the terror group.

Judge Datuk Azman Abdullah sentenced Muhamad Noor Helmy Mohd Sabri, 31, to three years' jail for wearing the black garment with the prohibited symbol and another 10 years for giving support to the terror group via the Telegram messaging service, using the name, Abu Suffyan.

However, the court ordered the two jail terms to run concurrently from the date the accused was arrested, March 17, this year.

According to the facts of the case, the investigation into the accused's conversation through the Telegram application found him expressing his wish to go to Paso, Indonesia to support and fight for Daesh before moving on to Syria.

The expert analysis, meanwhile, found 20 images from the Telegram chat which clearly showed that the accused was a hardcore supporter of Daesh.....

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