JOHOR BARU: The Johor Baru Sessions Court has directed that Mariah Radin Imran, one of five family members accused of attacking the Ulu Tiram police station on May 17, be hospitalised for treatment of depression.
Judge Rasidah Roslee issued the order following a request from defence counsel Faizal Rahman, who noted symptoms of depression in the 19-year-old during a meeting in late June.
Mariah is currently held at Simpang Renggam Prison.
Faizal Rahman said: "I request the court to refer Mariah to a hospital for immediate treatment due to symptoms of depression detected when I met her at the end of June."
The court complied, ensuring she receives hospital care without delay.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Fazeedah Faik concurred with the decision and urged the prison department to take prompt action.
She also requested a new mention date as the terrorism expert report was still pending.
Judge Rasidah set Sept 2 for the next mention to review the terrorism expert's report and transfer the case to the Kuala Lumpur High Court.
Earlier, the five accused – Radin Imran Radin Mohd Yassin, 62, and his Singaporean wife Rosna Jantan, 59, and their three children – arrived at the Johor Baru court complex at 8.35am.
Their arrival was tightly guarded by more than 20 armed police officers.
The five accused were the parents and the siblings of the lone wolf suspect identified as Radin Luqman, 21, who was shot-dead by police when he allegedly attacked the police station on May 17.
On June 19, the five accused were charged in the Sessions Court with nine separate charges, including promoting terrorist acts by instilling the ideology of the Islamic State (IS) group.
No pleas were recorded after all nine charges were read to the accused before Judge Datuk Che Wan Zaidi Che Wan Ibrahim.
Radin Imran faces four charges for promoting terrorist acts by instilling the ideology of IS, under Section 130G(a) of the Penal Code.
This ideology is alleged to have been propagated by Radin Imran to his entire family, including his son Radin Luqman, (the Ulu Tiram station suspect), his wife, and three other children.
For the second charge, Radin Imran is accused of supporting terrorist acts by possessing four homemade air rifles for IS activities, under Section 130J(1)(b) of the Penal Code.
He and his eldest son, Radin Romyullah, also face charges of supporting IS by pledging allegiance to the group's leader, Abu Bakar Al-Baghdadi, under Section 130J(1)(a) of the Penal Code.
Radin Imran is also charged with possessing a book titled "Hakikat Islam & Hakikat Syirik" by Abu Sulaiman Aman Abdurrahman, related to IS, under Section 130JB(1)(a) of the Penal Code.
Radin Romyullah, the second suspect, is also charged with possessing a hard disk containing IS-related materials and terrorist acts, under Section 130JB(1)(a) of the Penal Code.
The third to fifth accused, Rosna, Farhah Sobrina, and Mariah, are charged with deliberately not providing information related to the offences, under Section 130J(1)(a) of the Penal Code and Section 130G(a) of the same code.
They were charged under Section 130M of the Penal Code.
If convicted, all accused could face an imprisonment term between seven and 40 years, a fine, or both, and all property used in committing the alleged offences can be confiscated.
The offences were allegedly committed at a house at Jalan Rabani, Kampung Sungai Tiram, here in Johor Baru, between April 2017 and May 17, 2024.