Malaysia Charges 3 with Supporting ’ISIL’

Local Editor

A Malaysian court on Thursday charged three men with supporting the the "ISIL" after they were arrested while attempting to leave the country to join the militants fighting in Iraq and Syria.

The charges against the trio - an architect and a technician, both 26, and a 42-year-old trader - come amid concerns over the group’s growing influence in Southeast Asia.

The men were arrested on September 25 at Kuala Lumpur international airport as they were about to board a flight to Syria’s neighbor Turkey.
They are accused of supporting a "terrorist group", said prosecutor Shukor Abu Bakar. The maximum penalty for the charge is life imprisonment.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team