KUALA LUMPUR (AP) – The father of a Malaysian man who attacked a police station and killed two police officers last month was charged yesterday with inciting terrorism in his family. His Singaporean wife and three other children were also brought to court to face charges.
Radin Imran Radin Mohd Yassin, 62, faces four charges including promoting terrorist acts by allegedly instilling violent ideology in his family, including his 21-year-old son Radin Luqman, who was killed by police in the attack.
Radin Luqman stormed the police station in southern Johor state near Singapore in the early hours of May 17 with a machete. He hacked a police constable to death and then used the officer’s weapon to kill another. He wounded a third officer before being shot dead. Police initially said the man could have been planning to take firearms from the station.
The incident sparked concerns of a wider security threat but government officials said the man and his family were reclusive, and that the attacker was believed to have acted on his own.
Radin Imran, who is unemployed, was also accused of supporting terrorist acts by keeping four homemade air rifles in his home, according to charge sheets seen by The Associated Press.
His eldest son, Radin Romyullah, 34, faces two separate charges, the charge sheets showed. Both father and son face life imprisonment, which in Malaysia is up to 40 years, and a fine.
Radin Imran’s Singaporean wife, Rosna Jantan, 59, and two daughters aged 19 and 23 each face a vague charge related to the omission of information related to the spread of terrorism. No details were given.
Local media said the five were brought to a court in Johor under heavy security. The Star newspaper said no plea was recorded but the five, who were not represented by lawyers, said they understood the charges against them. The next hearing in the case will be on July 31.
