Two suspected Abu Sayyaf members to be jailed and caned, pending further probe


KOTA KINABALU: Two suspected Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) terrorists who were nabbed in Sabah in November have been jailed and given a stroke of the rotan for entering the state and staying here illegally.

The duo - Abdul Abrera, 39, and Majid Abu Bakar, 33 - were among 14 illegal immigrants charged at the Kota Kinabalu Sessions Court for immigration offences here Wednesday (Dec 5).

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