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A 50-year-old Singaporean man, Mohamed Kazali bin Salleh, was charged in court on July 19, 2021 for providing money for the purpose of facilitating terrorist acts.
Kazali, a businessman based in Malaysia, was arrested by Malaysian Special Branch officers in December 2018, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
He was subsequently deported to Singapore and handed over to the Internal Security Department (ISD) on Jan. 7, 2019.
ISD launched an investigation into his terrorism-related activities.
He was issued an Order of Detention (OD) under the Internal Security Act (ISA) in Jan. 19 for supporting the terrorist group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
July 19, 2021
Mohamed Kazali Salleh (centre), who was based in Malaysia, was arrested by Malaysian Special Branch officers in December 2018. He was then deported to Singapore and issued an Order of Detention under the ISA in January 2019.
Malaysia Special Branch s Counter Terrorism Division
SINGAPORE - A Singaporean businessman has been charged in a district court with helping to fund terrorist attacks in Syria.
Mohamed Kazali Salleh, 50, appeared in court via video link with a shaved head and a blank expression as three charges of terror financing were read out to him in Malay on Monday (July 19).
The court heard that Kazali intends to plead guilty and is intending to get his own lawyer.