8 Filipinos sentenced to life over Sabah intrusion

EIGHT Filipino supporters of Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram 3rd who were charged in connection with the intrusion in Sabah have been sentenced by the Malaysian court to life imprisonment, according to the Sultanate of Sulu and North Borneo.

Abraham Idjirani, the Sultanate's spokesman, on Wednesday said they have received information that the eight Filipinos were convicted by a Malaysian court despite the absence of counsel.