The father of a Malaysian man who attacked a police station and killed two law enforcement officials last month was charged on Wednesday with inciting domestic terrorism. His Singaporean wife and three other children were also brought before the court.
Radin Imran Radin Mohd Yassin, 62, faces 4 charges, including promoting terrorist acts by allegedly instilling the brutal ideology of Islamic State in his family, including his 21-year-old son Radin Luqman, who was killed by police within the attack.
Radin Luqman stormed a police station with a machete within the southern state of Johor near Singapore on May 17. He hacked a police officer to death after which used the officer’s gun to kill one other. He injured a 3rd officer before he was shot. Police initially reported that the person could have planned to take a firearm from the police station.
The incident raised concerns a few wider security threat, but government officials said the person and his family were loners and that the attacker was believed to have acted alone.
Charge sheets seen by The Associated Press show that unemployed Radin Imran was also charged with supporting terrorist acts by keeping 4 homemade air rifles at home for Islamic State activities.
In 2014, he allegedly pledged allegiance to then-Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who was killed in a US airstrike in Syria in 2019. A book linked to the Islamic State was present in his possession.
Charge sheets show his eldest son, 34-year-old Radin Romyullah, faces two separate charges: pledging loyalty to Abu Bakar and possessing an external harddrive containing material related to Islamic State. The father and son face life imprisonment, which in Malaysia is as much as 40 years, and a high-quality.
Radin Imran’s Singaporean wife, Rosna Jantan (59), and two daughters, aged 19 and 23, will face unclear charges related to omitting information related to spreading terrorism. No details were provided.
Local media reported that each one five were delivered to court in Johor under tight security. The Star newspaper reported that no charges had been recorded, however the five, who weren’t represented by lawyers, said they understood the costs against them. The next hearing on this case shall be held on July 31.
