COMMENT | Playing down terror attacks does no one any favours

COMMENT | Five relatives of the deceased terrorist involved in the deadly assault on the Ulu Tiram police station were brought before the Sessions Court yesterday on charges of collaborating to promote terrorist activities.

They are facing a total of nine charges related to the dissemination and promotion of extremist ideologies associated with the Islamic State (IS).

Radin Imran Radin Mohd Yassin, the father of the Ulu Tiram terrorist, is accused of four offences under Section 130G (a) of the Penal Code for inciting terrorism by spreading the violent ideologies of IS.

It is worth noting that our prime minister and home minister have not classified the Ulu Tiram incident as a terrorist attack...