Dec 192013
 

At least 19 Filipinos are in Malaysian custody after they were intercepted while allegedly trying to enter Sabah late Wednesday, Malaysia’s Bernama news agency reported Thursday.

The Bernama report quoted Eastern Sabah Security Command director-general (Esscom) Datuk Mohammad Mentek as saying the 19 included seven men, four women and eight children.

Mohammad Mentek said the 19 Filipinos arrived in a boat at 8:45 p.m. and tried to enter Sabah at the Felda Sahabat in Lahad Datu.

http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v7/ge/newsgeneral.php?id=1002263

“The illegal immigrants were detained after (our forces received) information from the public,” the Bernama report quoted him as saying.

Lahad Datu had been the site of an armed confrontation between Malaysian forces and followers of the late Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III last February and March.

Kiram died last October but sultanate spokesman Abraham Idjirani said the sultan left instructions to his followers to continue efforts to reclaim Sabah.

Mohammad Mentek said an initial investigation showed the boat carrying the 19 Filipinos was heading to Sinakut in Labian, Felda Sahabat. — ELR, GMA News

Mar 132013
 
Agbimuddin alive despite assault

1:14 pm | Wednesday, March 13th, 2013 The heirs of the Sultan of Sulu: (seated from left) Rajah Mudah Agbimuddin Kiram, Sultan Jamalul Kiram III, Sultan Bantilan Esmail Kiram II and (standing from left) Datu Alianapia Kiram, Datu Phugdal Kiram and Datu Baduruddin Kiram. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO LAHAD DATU, Sabah, Malaysia—Malaysian authorities said Wednesday Sulu “royal army” leader Agbimuddin Kiram remains in Malaysia, practically confirming that the brother of Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III is alive. “Malaysian security forces are highly confident he is still here because as a leader [he] must not run. He will not run and leave his people by themselves here. He must lead them,” Sabah State Police Commissioner Datuk Hamza Taib said at a news conference on Wednesday. Hamza said those killed and captured in target areas in the week-long assault on followers of the Sultanate of Sulu were considered “terrorists.” “I cannot positively say if they are foreigners. To me they are terrorists because they are within the target area,” Hamza said when asked about the identity of the  teenager who was shot dead in a village in Felda Sahabat over the weekend. Hamza said these people’s lack of documents prevented the authorities from establishing their identities and nationalities. He said operations were continuing in Kampung Tanduo although security forces have already cleared the area of Agbimuddin’s men. The clearing operations have expanded to Sungai Nyamuk, Kampung Tanjung Batu, and Sungai Bilis where security forces were to be sent to retrieve the bodies of the Read More …