A Bangladesh man who started work in Singapore in 2017 was sentenced to jail after he made a cash transfer to finance a terrorist group in Syria.
27-year-old Amed Faysal was first charged in court on 23 December 2021 for terrorism financing He had reasonable grounds to believe that the transferred monies would, in part, benefit a terrorist entity, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS).
In total 15 fund transfer were made online knowing that the funds will benefit the terrorist group and he pleaded guilty yesterday (21 Feb) to five charges under the Terrorism (Suppression of Financing) Act.
Wanted to go Syria
Ministry of Home Affairs revealed that he has intentions to go there but do not have the monetary capabilities to do so.
He was first radicalised after watching several terrorism-related videos online.
He even openly expressed his support for the terrorist group by posting on Facebook in support of the terrorist group in doing a coup d’etat against the Syrian government.
Prepared weapons
Seven blades were found in his possession, but the accused claimed that the weapons is not for use in Singaapore and he prepared the weapons for use in Bangladesh
He was sentenced to two years and eight months’ jail.