Robin Padilla shows up at Kiram home in Taguig, offers to help sultan

Embattled Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III received a morale booster of sorts as he got a visit from actor Robin Padilla at his Taguig City home Saturday afternoon. Padilla said he wants to help Kiram, whose followers face all-out action from Malaysian forces following Friday's bloody clash in Sabah, radio dzBB reported. The report quoted Padilla as saying he is a Muslim convert and wants to help Kiram. His visit came at almost the same time President Benigno Aquino III called on Kiram's followers still in Sabah to surrender without conditions. At least "10 to 12" Filipinos were killed along with two Malaysian commandos in Friday's incident. Friday's shooting came after a standoff that lasted nearly three weeks in Sabah. Kiram's followers claimed Sabah was their homeland. — LBG, GMA News