28 May 2016

News Story: Six Bangladeshis charged with financing terrorism in Singapore

SINGAPORE, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Six Bangladeshis were charged with financing terrorism in Singapore on Friday, the first to be prosecuted under the Terrorism (Suppression of Financing) Act (TSOFA) in the city state.

According to a statement from the Singapore Police, these six radicalized Bangladeshi nationals -- Rahman Mizanur, Mamun Leakot Ali, Miah Rubel, Zzaman Daulat, Md Jabath Kysar Haje Norul Islam Sowdagar, and Sohel Hawlader Ismail Hawlader -- were among the group of eight Bangladeshi nationals detained under the Internal Security Act in April 2016. The group, which called itself Islamic State in Bangladesh, was set up by 31-year-old Rahman Mizanur in March this year.

Read the full story at Xinhua