From the Manila Standard Today (May 16): Malaysian court metes life on 18 ‘intruders’
Eight Filipino supporters of Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III who were arrested and charged for intrusion into Sabah were sentenced to life imprisonment by a Malaysian court, the Sulu Sultanate said on Wednesday.
Sultanate spokesman Abraham Idjirani said the Malaysian court convicted the Filipinos even without proper legal representation.
“We have received information from the relatives of the eight Filipinos that they have already been sentenced and transferred from Sabah to Kuala Lumpur to serve their sentences,” Idjirani said.
The convicted Filipino detainees were identified as Rijmal Salleh, Saidili Jaharul, Dani Ismail, Pabblo Alie, Mohamad Ali Ahmad, Basil Samiul, Abdul Majil Jubin and Rizman Gulan.
They were earlier charged of waging a war against Malaysian king, Yang di-Pertuan Agong and for engaging in terrorism-related for their part in the Sabah intrusion on February and the subsequent clashes with Malaysian security forces.
Idjirani said the sultanate condemns the swift conviction of the eight Filipinos, who he said were denied due process.
“The trial and conviction of the Filipinos did not undergo due process because they were not given legal counsels during the hearings, if there were any,” he said, adding that relatives could not even visit them in prison.
The Malaysian government has repeatedly denied the Philippine government’s request to provide consular assistance to the detained Filipinos believed to be followers of Kiram, citing “security reasons.”
The Malaysian government also charged a local woman identified as Norhaida Ibnahi for allegedly harboring the Kiram followers at a house in Kampung Sri Melor and Bugaya in Semporna between February 9 and March 22.
Also charged was Kiram’s nephew, Datu Amirbahar Hushin Kiram, the son of Sultan Bantilan Esmail Kiram II, the sultan’s younger brother.
http://manilastandardtoday.com/2013/05/16/malaysian-court-metes-life-on-18-intruders/
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