Four Bangladeshis sentenced to imprisonment in Singapore

MNA Editorial Desk: Four Bangladeshi workers, arrested in Singapore, have been to 24 to 60 months of imprisonment for funding terrorism.

They were detained for planning terror occurrences in home country. The men had been held in April under the country’s Internal Security Act (ISA).

The four are Mizanur Rahman, 31-year-old, Rubel Miah, 26-year-old, Md.Jabath Kysar Haje Norul Islam Sowdagar, 31-yaer-old, and Sohel Hawlader Ismail Hawlader, 29-year-old.

Rahman, found to be the chief leader, has been sentenced to five years in jail. Sohel will be behind bars for two years, while Miah and Jabath has been sentenced to two and half years in jail.

The sentence will have reflective consequence from May 27, the day the men were first shaped in court.

The report confirmed that, “Asking for deterrent sentences, the prosecution pointed out that the accused men have caused public disquiet and were funding one of the most dangerous terrorist organizations in the world: ISIS.”

The four were among six charged under the Terrorism (Suppression of Financing) Act (TSOFA). The other two – Zzaman Daulat, 34-year-old, and Mamun Leakot Ali, 29-year-old, – have denied the charges and are claiming trial.

The court documents said that the four men had precise roles. They were led by Rahman, with Mamun as the group’s deputy leader. Miah used to grip finances, and Jabath functioned on the group’s publicity steps.

According to the report, court papers had exposed that Jabath possessed $1,360, including $1,060 given to him by Miah.

The six were among eight marine and construction industry workers detained between March and early April. They claimed themselves as members of the Islamic State in Bangladesh (ISB).

Their aim was to set up an Islamic state in Bangladesh and get it under the self-declared caliphate of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

However, Singapore in January announced the arrest of 27 Bangladeshi men in late 2015 for allegedly plotting terror attacks back home. The men have since been deported.