The Star reported that the five were brought to the Johor Bahru Court Complex in separate vehicles amid tight security.
They arrived at around 9am, according to local media, and were escorted by nearly 30 police officers.
Radin Imran – the patriarch of the family – faces four charges, including under Section 130G (a) of the Penal Code (Act 574), for inciting terrorism by promoting the ideology of violence associated with the Islamic State (IS).
If found guilty of that, he may be jailed for up to 30 years and liable to a fine.
He was reported to have propagated IS teachings among his family members – including the alleged attacker, 21-year-old Radin Luqman – between the end of 2014 and May 17, 2024.
He was also charged with supporting terrorism by storing four homemade air rifles for IS activities, pledging loyalty to IS head Abu Bakar Al-Baghdadi and possessing a book linked to the militant group.
Abu Bakar Al-Baghdadi was an Iraqi militant who was the first caliph of IS from 2014 until his death in 2019.
The 34-year-old Radin Romyullah was charged with two offences, including swearing allegiance to Abu Bakar Al-Baghdadi and possessing an external hard disk that contained materials related to IS and its activities.
Meanwhile, the three women were charged with one count each of deliberately omitting to provide information regarding crimes related to the ideology of terrorism.
They allegedly committed this offence at the same location between April 2017 and May 17 and face a prison sentence of up to seven years and a fine, according to The Star.
No bail was offered to the five accused and Sessions Court Judge Che Wan Zaidi Che Wan Ibrahim had advised the family to appoint a lawyer or represent themselves.
The pre-dawn attack on the Ulu Tiram police station on May 17 left two cops dead and another injured. The two – Ahmad Azza Fahmi and Muhamad Syafiq – have since been posthumously promoted to the rank of corporal while the surviving cop was promoted to Sergeant.
The families of the killed officers each also received compensation of RM216,632 (US$46,000) and RM213,586 respectively, which includes funeral assistance, the government’s share of Employees Provident Fund contributions, and other benefits, according to local media.
