Good thing South Korea got over its “Islamophobia” and started welcoming these poor refugees, eh?
“Foreigners caught funding terrorist group using cryptocurrency,” Korea Herald, February 17, 2023:
Two foreign nationals residing in South Korea have been arrested for funding an al-Qaida-linked terrorist group using cryptocurrency, police said Thursday.
A 31-year-old Uzbek man and a 29-year-old Kazakh man were sent to the Supreme Prosecutors Office on Jan. 17 on charges of breaking the anti-terrorism and anti-terrorist funding acts, according to the National Office of Investigation of the National Police Agency.
The funds were delivered to Katibat al Tawhid wal Jihad, or KTJ, an anti-Syrian government terrorist group affiliated with al-Qaida, via a cryptocurrency broker, the police said. The United Nations designated KTJ as a terrorist group in March 2022.
Seven other foreigners who funded KTJ with the two suspects were deported in December last year, police said….
The Uzbek is suspected of collecting some 10 million won ($7,770) by instigating other foreigners in Yeongam, South Jeolla Province, since August 2021, and sending the funds to KTJ.
The Kazakh allegedly sent 1 million won worth of cryptocurrency to KTJ, according to the police.
The police are pushing an extended probe into the case, expecting there may be more foreigners living in South Korea who are involved in funding terrorism.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Aside from the stupidity of the South Koreans, one thing I’m noticing: the era when Central Asiatic muslims were MINOs seems to be over. They seem to be really caught up on and dedicated to jihad. I think it’s just a matter of time that all of those countries, except maybe Tajikistan (which is not Turkic), have presidents like Erdogan
Rob (Robin) Blair Harris says
The Chinese have known about this for years. The West of China – particularly the Uighur areas, have been a fertile recruiting ground for ISIS. These militants have committed multiple atrocities and all the Western media can talk about is genocide.
Keith O says
At least the Koreans caught them and are prosecuting these terrorists. If this happened in Canada or the once UK, then they probably would have gotten an apology from the government and compensation for being “racially profiled”.