KUALA LUMPUR: A 21-year-old former college student was jailed for five years for indirectly dealing with terrorist property related to Islamic State.

Hasrianto Matan admitted to depositing RM300 in three RM100 transactions into a Maybank account belonging to one Bukhori Che Noor for the benefit of Malaysian IS militant Muhammad Wanndy Mohamed Jedi.

The offence was committed on April 4, May 1 and June 5, 2016 at the USJ Maybank branch, Subang, Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

High Court Judicial Commissioner Ab Karim Ab Rahman said the actions of the accused in wiring RM100 in three different transactions reflected his support for the militant group.

"Although the money was meant as infaq (donation), it was not used as infaq but it was used to help terrorists. Terrorists always depend on infaq to help further their agenda and you know that because you were in contact with Muhammad Wanndy," he said.

JC Ab Karim ordered the jail term on Hasrianto to run concurrently from the date he was arrested on July 17, 2016.

According to the statement of facts, Hasrianto joined IS through Telegram and communicated with Wanndy through WhatsApp.

Following a check with Maybank, it was found that the account number that appeared on the seized transaction slips belonged to Bukhori, who had been instructed by Wanndy to manage and collect funds from members in the “Gagak Hitam” Telegram group.

The accused was represented by lawyer Faridah Mohamed. DPP Azlina Rasdi prosecuted.