13 July 2016

News Story: Singapore jails four Bangladeshis for financing terrorism

SINGAPORE, July 12 (Xinhua) -- Four Bangladeshi nationals, who were detained in April under Singapore's Internal Security Act, were sentenced to between 24 and 60 months' jail for financing terrorism on Tuesday.

The four workers, Rahman Mizanur, Miah Rubel, Md Jabath Kysar Haje Norul Islam Sowdagar and Sohel Hawlader Ismail Hawlader, pleaded guilty in May for one or two counts each of providing or collecting hundreds of dollars to fund terror attacks in Bangladesh.

Rahman, the group's leader, was sentenced to five years' jail. Sohel was given two years in the prison, while Miah and Jabath were given 30 months respectively.

Read the full story at Xinhua