A Taguig City court has found 17 Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) leaders and members guilty for the kidnapping in 2000 of 21 people in Malaysia who were kept hostage for months in Sulu.

In a 157-page decision dated October 16, Taguig City Regional Trial Court Branch 153 Judge Mariam Bien found the 17 accused guilty of 21 counts of kidnapping and serious illegal detention with ransom and sentenced them to suffer reclusion perpetua for each count.

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