(UPDATE) A TAGUIG court has found 17 Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) leaders and members guilty of their direct involvement in the 2000 kidnapping of 21 people in Malaysia and for keeping them hostage for months in Sulu.
In a 157-page decision dated October 16, Taguig City Regional Trial Court (RTC) 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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