A burger seller has been sentenced to five years' jail by the Kuala Lumpur High Court today for knowingly supporting terrorist activities in relation to the 2016 grenade attack on the Movida nightclub in Puchong, the New Straits Times reported.

Justice Azman Abdullah who passed the sentence on Wan Syahrul Naim Wan Junus, 29, chided the trader for abandoning his responsibility to his parents and supporting terror activities instead.

“You are from a small town in Pendang in Kedah and you should have helped out your parents.

“If you had kept yourself busy by helping out your parents at your family’s paddy fields, you would not have had the time to get involved in activities such as supporting acts of terror,” the judge reportedly said.

Wan Syahrul pleaded guilty to the first charge of supporting the terrorist act, with the intention to further an ideology and threaten public order in Malaysia via the Telegram application on his mobile phone at a house in Kampung Pondok Cegar, Pendang, Kedah, between March 25 and June 29, 2016.

He also pleaded guilty to a second charge of possessing terrorism-related items, in relation to the Islamic State, at the house in Pendang at 11.15pm on June 29, 2016.

For the first offence, Justice Azman sentenced Wan Syahrul to five years in prison and the second, two years.

Court ordered both the sentences to run concurrently from Wan Syahrul’s date of arrest on June 29, 2016.

“If your family or friends were victims of the bombing at Movida, then you would have been concerned. But since it happened to others, you were the least bit bothered and thought that it was okay to support what had happened.

“Learn from what has happened in Paris and other places. Please do not trouble your aged parents and you can use technology to read the Quran, which will bring tremendous benefits to you,” said Justice Azman as he further admonished Wan Syahrul.

The court also heard from counsel Zaidan Daud who argued for considerations to be given since Wan Syahrul had regretted his actions, had pleaded guilty early to both the offences to save the court its time and cost, and had cooperated with the police from the day he was arrested.

While DPP Mohd Izhanudin Alias in seeking a deterrent sentence said the crimes committed were serious as Wan Syahrul had pledged his loyalty to the terrorist group.

“Based on the facts of case, he was also very supportive of the Movida nightclub bombing and had congratulated those behind the attack over the success of the attack,” Izhanudin reportedly said.

On Jun 28 2016, two men threw a grenade at the Movida nightclub where patrons were gathered to watch a UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) Cup match.

Six people were injured, including a foreigner, in what was officially noted as the first Islamic State terror attack on Malaysian soil.