US imposed sanctions on three people, it links to militant Islamic State

The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on an Indonesian, a Filipino and a Malaysian it said were linked to the militant group Islamic State.

The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on an Indonesian, a Filipino and a Malaysian it said were linked to the militant group Islamic State.

In a statement on its website, the U.S. Treasury said it had sanctioned Indonesian national Mohammed Karim Yusop Faiz, Mohammad Reza Lahaman Kiram, a citizen of the Philippines, and Mohamad Rafi Uddin, a Malaysian.

The action freezes their access to the U.S. financial system.

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