Malaysia sentences 9 Filipinos to death for Sabah attack

THE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) plans to seek a reconsideration of the verdict of the Malaysian Court of Appeals sentencing nine Filipinos to death by hanging for attacking Lahad Datu in Sabah four years ago.

The Malaysian Court of Appeals on Thursday meted the death penalty on nine Filipinos involved in the Lahad Datu attack that left 70 people dead in 2013, an act considered as waging war against the Malaysian monarch and head of state, or the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.