Malaysian activists against the death sentence imposed on nine Filipino Islamic militants

A Malaysian human rights organization has condemned the country's Court of Appeals for sentencing nine Muslim Filipinos to death.

Jun 13, 2017

KAULA LUMPUR: A Malaysian human rights organization has condemned the country's Court of Appeals for sentencing nine Muslim Filipinos to death.

The nine were among around 100 gunmen from the southern Philippine province of Sulu who tried to reclaim parts of Borneo they claimed were part of the Sultanate of Sulu four years ago.

"The death penalty has been shown to have no deterrent value on crimes," said Charles Hector of the group Malaysians Against Death Penalty and Torture on June 12.

Hector denounced the decision of the three-member bench of the Court of Appeals that reversed an earlier decision by the Kota Kinabalu High Court, which sentenced the Filipinos to life imprisonment in 2016.

Judge Stephen Chung of the Kota Kinabalu High Court earlier said there was no evidence that the accused were directly involved in skirmishes that occurred during the unrest. --Asia News

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