The MILF leadership on Friday reiterated its long-standing policy that qisas or death penalty is not imposed by its Shariah court inspite of a circulating video showing 3 men executed by firing squad as a way of punishment for the crime of murder allegedly committed by them.
Iqbal noted that the recently uploaded video of the 3 men appears to be an old footage.
The MILF has already acted appropriately in the past vis-a-vis the video footage, Iqbal said.
"The MILF Central Committee has commanded the disbandment of the unofficial court that sanctioned the execution as well as ordered Commander Bravo to stop his group in trying cases as well as unauthorized military actions", Iqbal also added.
It was also learned that eventually an official Shariah court with jurisdiction in the concerned area was set up to try cases lodged before it.
Iqbal said the motive and timing for the upload of the video in facebook is suspicious, especially since the event happened years ago and that the peace process between MILF and government is already in implementation stage.
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