KL police detain eight Filipinos

KL police detain eight Filipinos

KUALA LUMPUR (DPA): Malaysian marine police arrested on
Wednesday eight Filipinos, who were armed with a shotgun and
knives, in three boats which illegally entered waters off Sabah
state.

Sabah marine police chief Mohamed Yusof Wok said the eight
were between the ages of 10 and 36, and were from islands off
Palawan island in the southern Philippines.

He said police were investigating their motive in trying to
slip into Sabah, which is Malaysia's nearest territory to the
southern Philippines.

Mohamed said the eight were from the Kagayan community and
were heading for Taganak island near Sabah's Sandakan coastal
town.

Malaysia has beefed up patrols and security around Sabah
following the latest abduction of 20 people from a Philippine
resort island south of Palawan by rebels from the Philippine
Muslim group the Abu Sayyaf.