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| Man, brother-in-law jailed for Abu Sayyaf involvement |
| 2018-07-04 |
| [New Straits Times] A man and his brother-in-law were sentenced to six years and three years in jail respectively for being Abu Sayyaf militants and witholding information related to the terror group. Hajar Abdul Mubin and Abdul Syamir Dabilin were sentenced after they pleaded guilty to being members of Islamic State and intentional omission of information about a terror act. The judge said Hajar was lucky because the prosecution team decided to offer an alternative charge. He said, "Fleeing to Malaysia is not a short cut for you to escape from involvement in Abu Sayyaf terror group. Your act can threaten the national security." Earlier, counsel Zaini Bakar who represented the pair pleaded for lenient sentences against his clients. He said, "Hajar has not been a member of Abu Sayyaf since he escaped in 2015 while Abdul Syamir did not report about the former as he believed Hajar had repented." The two were among 19 people nabbed by police in a series of raids between July 4 and Aug 30 last year, believed to have planned terror attacks during the Sea Games closing ceremony and National Day celebration in Malaysia last year. |
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