JOHOR BARU: The Sessions Court here has ordered one of the five family members of the man who attacked the Ulu Tiram police station to seek medical treatment after showing signs of depression.
Sessions Judge Rasidah Roslee made the decision after the family's lawyer Faizal Rahman requested that Mariah Radin Imran, 19, to be refer to hospital for treatment.
He told the court that Mariah showed signs of depression when he met her while being in detention at Simpang Renggam prison on June 30.
“I am appealing to the court to refer Mariah to the hospital and seek further treatment immediately following signs of depression that were detected when we met," he said during the re-mention of the case here on Wednesday (July 31).
Deputy Public Prosecutor Fazeedah Faik had no objection to the matter and agreed that the Prison Department should take appropriate action for Mariah.
She also requested the court to set a new mention date as the terrorism expert's report has not yet been completed.
Rasidah then ordered the accused to seek hospital treatment immediately and without fail.
She also set Sept 2 as the date for re-mention of the case in order to obtain a terrorism expert's report before transferring the case to the Kuala Lumpur High Court.
On June 19, Mariah and four other family members were charged at the Sessions Court with a total of nine charges between them.
The other family members are Radin Imran Radin Mohd Yassin, 62; his Singaporean wife, Rosna Jantan, 59; and their children Radin Romyullah Radin Imran, 34, Farhah Sobrina Radin Imran, 23
Radin Imran has four charges. He was first charged with allegedly encouraging terrorist acts by incorporating the Islamic State's ideology into his family, including the 21-year-old attacker Radin Luqman between the end of 2014 and May 17, 2024, at a house along Jalan Rabani in Kampung Sungai Tiram.
This offence is under Section 130G(a) of the Penal Code (Act 574), which carries a 30-year imprisonment and fine upon conviction.
He is also charged with allegedly supporting terrorism by storing four homemade air rifles for Islamic State activities at the same location at around 10.45am on May 17.
This offence falls under Section 130J(1)(b) of the Penal Code (Act 574), which carries life or up to 40 years imprisonment or a fine, with properties used or intended for carrying out the offence seized upon conviction.
The third charge states that Radin Imran pledged loyalty or baiah to Islamic State head Abu Bakar Al-Baghdadi, at the same location at the end of 2014.
If found guilty of the offence under Section 130J(1)(a) of the Penal Code (Section 574), Radin Imran faces a jail term of life or up to 40 years imprisonment or a fine, with properties used or intended for carrying out the offence seized upon conviction.
For the fourth charge, Radin Imran was alleged to possess a book titled “Hakikat Islam & Hakikat Syirik” by Abu Sulaiman Aman Abdurrahman, linked to Islamic State, at the same location on May 17 and May 19 between 10.45am and 2.30pm.
This charge is under Section 130JB(1)(a) of the Penal Code (Section 574), which carries seven years imprisonment or a fine and seizure of the material.
Radin Romyullah was charged with two offences, including swearing allegiance to Abu Bakar Al-Baghdadi and possessing an external hard disk containing materials related to the Islamic State and its activities.
He allegedly committed these acts at the same location between the end of 2014 and May 17.
He was charged under Section 130J(1)(a) and Section 130JB(1)(a) of the Penal Code (Act 574). He faces life imprisonment or up to 40 years imprisonment with a fine, and up to seven years imprisonment with a fine.
Rosna and her daughters Farhah Sobrina and Mariah were charged with deliberately omitting to provide information regarding crimes related to the ideology of terrorism.
They allegedly committed this offence at the same location between April 2017 and May 17 and face a prison sentence of up to seven years and a fine if found guilty.
In the Ulu Tiram police station attack on May 17, two policemen, Constable Ahmad Azza Fahmi Azhar, 22, and Constable Muhamad Syafiq Ahmad Said, 24, were killed.
Another police officer, Corporal Mohd Hasif Roslan, 38, was injured by two gunshots to the shoulder and hip.
