The Court of Appeal of Malaysia sentences nine Filipinos to death on Thursday for waging war against Malaysia’s monarch and attacking Sabah in 2013.
Justice Datuk Setia Mohd Zawawi Salleh, leading a three-man panel, allowed the prosecution’s appeal to substitute the life imprisonment ruling of the Kota Kinabalu High Court on the nine men, to the death sentence.
The sentenced Filipinos are Datu Amirbahar Hushin Kiram, 54, who is the son of the late self-proclaimed Sultan of Sulu Jamalul Kiram; Julham Rashid, 70; Virgilio Nemar Patulada @ Mohamad Alam Patulada, 53; Salib Akhmad Emali, 64; Tani Lahad Dahi, 64; Basad H. Manuel, 42; Atik Hussin Abu Bakar, 46; Al-Wazir Osman, 62, and Ismail Yasin, 77.
Zawawi said the ultimate sentence was death as there were elements of pre-planned and the planning of the intrusion in Lahad Datu was meticulously executed.
The judge said the attack by foreign enemies was unprecedented in the Malaysian history and it was ruthless in terms of life, property and traumatizing effect.
The same court panel upheld the conviction of the nine men for waging war and dismissed their appeal against their conviction.
The nine men were among 23 accused with multiple charges of waging war and terrorist-related offense linked to the armed intrusion at Kampung Tanduo between Feb. 12 and April 10, 2013.
Meanwhile, Zawawi upheld the acquittal of 14 other accused on the charges of waging war and terrorist-related offenses. (PNA/Bernama)
photo credit: Malaysia Travel News
