Malaysian student sentenced to 12 years for involvement with al-Qaeda
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Kuala Lumpur - A college student, who is the first person to be charged with involvement with al-Qaeda in Malaysia, was sentenced to 12 years in jail by a high court on Monday, The Star Online reported.
Malaysian Mohamad Hidayat Azman, 20, had pleaded guilty on September 27.
The judge, Mohamad Shariff Abu Samah, ordered that the sentence run from Mohamad Hidayat's arrest on December 7, 2015.
The news portal reported that Mohamad Hidayat had been charged with entering Syria in 2014 where he became a member of the Jund al-Aqsa terrorist group, formerly a sub-unit of al-Qaeda according to the US State Department.
Police arrested Mohamad Hidayat when he arrived at Kuala Lumpur International Airport from Egypt.
