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Sunday, November 5, 2017
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MANILA – The Justice department has started investigating a woman allegedly involved in recruiting foreigners through social media for terrorist activities in the Philippines.
The Counterterrorism Division of the National Bureau of Investigation has filed rebellion charges against Karen Aizha Hamidon.
Hamidon arrived at the Justice department for the preliminary hearing on Friday without a lawyer but accompanied by her mother.
The 36-year-old was facing 14 counts of violation of Article 138 of the Revised Penal Code (inciting to rebellion or insurrection) in relation to Section 6 of the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012.
Her rebellion charges stemmed from her social media posts supposedly calling on foreign and local Muslims to join the fight against government forces in Marawi City.
Hamidon was given until Nov. 10 to file a counter-affidavit.
She accused NBI operatives who arrested her of “planting” evidence.
“I feel deprived of my right for legal counsel as stipulated in the Constitution. I’ve always been assertive of my right,” she told reporters after the hearing.
She added: “My function is only through the usage of social media. I have nothing to do with any of those accusations like Maute. I have nothing to do with that. I strongly deny all of those false accusations against me.
“They’ve (NBI) already sensationalized this story because I have reached this pinnacle of international notoriety with the usage of social media. So they’ve tried to link me with them (Maute) but I have nothing to do with them.”
Hamidon was claiming to be a blogger and a “Daiya,” an Islamic propagator using social media to spread the message of Islam.
“I only use social media as my avenue to spread the message of Islam for religious purposes, for maximum audiences,” she said.
But Hamidon did not deny being the former wife of Singaporean Muhammad Shamin Mohammed Sidek and the widow of Ansar Khalifa Philippines (AKP) leader Mohammad Jaafar “Tokboy” Maguid, who was killed in a shootout with the police in Sarangani in January.
The AKP was suspected to be behind the attack at the Roxas Night Market in Davao City in September last year and the failed attempt to bomb the United States Embassy in Manila last December. (PNA)
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