Friday, 28 May 2021 02:22 PM MYT
Sabah police commissioner Datuk Hazani Ghazali (left) shows the pistols used by the suspects in the shootout yesterday morning. — Picture by Julia Chan
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SANDAKAN, May 28 — Eight members of the Abu Sayyaf group detained by the Malaysian security forces in Beaufort last May 8 were handed over to the Philippine security forces today, said Sabah police commissioner Datuk Hazani Ghazali.
He said the detainees, who included a ‘sub-leader’ in the Abu Sayyaf group and wanted by the Philippine security forces, were handed over to the Philippine authorities at 8.30am in the waters bordering Malaysia and the Philippines.