Ex-security guard jailed for possession of IS-related items

Ekanovaldi Abbas is sentenced to 30 months’ jail for possessing pictures and books about the Islamic State terrorist group.

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KUALA LUMPUR: A former security guard, currently serving a three-year sentence for illegal possession of an Airsoft M4A1 Carbine weapon, was today jailed 30 months by the High Court here on a charge each of possessing pictures and books pertaining to the terrorist group Islamic State (IS).

Judge Azman Abdullah sentenced Ekanovaldi Abbas after he pleaded guilty to having 32 photos stored in his mobile phone.

He was sentenced to another 30 months’ imprisonment on the second charge of possessing material related to the terrorist group.

The judge ordered both sentences against the 37-year-old, who used to work for an airline, to run concurrently upon completion of the man’s three-year sentence.

In his judgment, Azman told Ekanovaldi that his “struggle” was not suitable in Malaysia and advised him not to be swayed by the ideology of turbulent countries as it would be detrimental to him and his family.

Ekanovaldi was charged with committing the offence at the Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Airport in Kuantan, Pahang, at 11.40am, on Jan 27.

The father of one also possessed material connected to the terrorist group at his home in Taman Tas, Jalan Gambang, Kuantan.

He faced a maximum jail term of up to seven years or a fine, and forfeiture of any such material for both counts.

Deputy public prosecutor Muhammad Fadzlan Mohd Noor prosecuted. Ekanovaldi was unrepresented.

According to the facts of the case, the police arrested Ekanovaldi at the airport’s foyer and seized a mobile phone belonging to him which contained the IS-related pictures.

The police then searched the man’s house and seized three books from a bedroom.

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