Apex court rejects Lahad Datu 7’s death sentence review

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A Federal Court bench, led by Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, unanimously rejects their applications.   Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/10/02/apex-court-rejects-lahad-datu-7s-death-sentence-review/   Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #Review #Rejected #LahadDatu

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00:00The Federal Court has rejected the applications of seven Filipino men who sought a review

00:06of their death sentences for waging war against the young Tipetuan Agong during the Lahat

00:11Datu incursion 11 years ago.

00:13A three-member bench led by Chief Justice Tengku Maimuntuan Matt unanimously rejected

00:18their applications.

00:20They requested to have their death sentences commuted to imprisonment following the Mandatory

00:24Death Penalty Abolition Act 2023, which allows judges the discretion to impose either the

00:28death penalty or prison sentence of not less than 30 years and up to 40 years.

00:34On July 26, 2016, the Kota Kinabalu High Court sentenced the seven and two others to life

00:39imprisonment after finding them guilty under Section 121 of the Penal Code for waging war

00:44against the young Tipetuan Agong.

00:46It is understood that the two others did not apply for a review of their sentences.

00:50During the trial, the court found no evidence that the accused were directly involved in

00:54any fights during the incursion or that they had brutally killed or injured any security

00:59personnel.

01:00However, on June 8, 2017, the Court of Appeal allowed the prosecution's appeal and imposed

01:04the death penalty on all the accused.

01:06The federal court upheld the death penalty on January 15, 2018.

01:11Samui Chua, FMT News.

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