Gunfire in Lahad Datu, 12 believed dead
A spokesperson of the Sulu sultanate claimed that 10 people were killed and four others wounded in a exchange of fire between Malaysian security forces and the Sulu sultanate intruders in Lahad Datu this morning.
Meanwhile, Bernama reported that two Malaysian police commandoes were killed in a mortar attack, and that another two injured soldiers have since been airlifted to a hospital.
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III stepped in today and appealed to a Filipino rebel group leader claiming ownership of Sabah to quit peacefully the Malaysian state in which he has been hiding or face sanctions for his actions.
Aquino was reported to have spoken on Philippine national television early this morning, telling Sultan Jamalul Kiram III that his group should pull out from the coastal village of Tanduo, near Lahad Datu, before the situation gets out of control.
“This is a situation that cannot persist. If you are truly the leader of your people, you should be one with us in ordering your followers to return home peacefully.
“The right thing to do now would be to order your followers to return home as soon as possible,” he was quoted as saying by the Philippine Star.
The Philippine daily reported Aquino telling Jamalul he was risking not only the lives of his men but also the lives of “hundreds of thousands” of other Filipinos working in Malaysia.
The Philippine president was also reported to have reminded Jamalul that those Filipinos suffering the consequences of his actions were also Muslims, and told the rebel leader his grievances could be resolved through dialogue.
Photo by : Aeries S Jingan
“The avenue of peaceful and open dialogue is still available to us. Let us therefore sit down as brothers to address your grievances in a peaceful, calm manner according to our laws and according to correct processes when your people arrive home,” Aquino was reported saying.
He warned Jamalul and his men they could face sanctions for breaching their country’s constitution and national policy.
He also reportedly told Jamalul and his men they would be investigated, along with possible collaborators, suggesting that the incident may have been an act to undermine the Philippine government.
“The choices and consequences are yours. If you choose not to co-operate, the full force of the laws of the state will be used to achieve justice for all who have been put in harm’s way,” Aquino was quoted as saying.
The group, suspected of being a faction of a Philippine Muslim rebel group, claims to belong to the “royal army” of the Sulu sultanate and are believed to number about 180 people, with 30 gunmen among its ranks according to news wire The Associated Press.
They had intruded into Malaysia on February 9 and have been reported to have held national security forces at bay amid an enforced blockade that had cut off their food supplies.
Dissent appears to be growing within the group, with several followers of group leader Azzimudie Kiram indicating a desire to return to the Philippines, Malaysia’s The Star Online reported yesterday.
The group had previously said they would not leave Sabah as they are “subjects of the sultanate of Sulu.”
The bizarre drama had threatened to stir tension between the Southeast Asian neighbours whose ties have been periodically frayed by security and migration problems caused by a porous sea border.
News wire Reuters had reported that Malaysia pays a token sum to the sultanate of Sulu each year for the “rental” of Sabah — an arrangement that stretches back to British colonial times.
In 2000, a group of militants from the southern Philippines kidnapped 21 tourists from the Sabah diving resort of Sipadan.
In 1985, 11 people were killed when gunmen, believed to be from the southern Philippines, entered Lahad Datu, shooting at random before robbing the local branch of Standard Chartered Bank.
AquinoSeorang juru bicara dari kesultanan Sulu mengklaim bahwa 10 orang tewas dan empat lainnya luka-luka dalam baku tembak antara pasukan keamanan Malaysia dan penyusup kesultanan Sulu di Lahad Datu pagi ini.
Sementara itu, Bernama melaporkan bahwa dua komando polisi Malaysia tewas dalam serangan mortir, dan bahwa dua tentara yang terluka telah sejak diterbangkan ke rumah sakit.
Korban pasukan Kesultanan Sulu
Presiden Filipina Benigno Aquino III melangkah di hari ini dan mengajukan banding ke kepemilikan kelompok pemimpin pemberontak Filipina mengklaim Sabah untuk berhenti damai negara Malaysia di mana ia telah menyembunyikan wajah atau sanksi atas perbuatannya.
Aquino dilaporkan telah berbicara di televisi nasional Filipina dini hari tadi, mengatakan Sultan Jamalul Kiram III bahwa kelompoknya harus keluar dari desa pesisir Tanduo, dekat Lahad Datu, sebelum situasi menjadi tidak terkendali.
"Ini adalah situasi yang tidak bisa bertahan. Jika Anda benar-benar pemimpin orang-orang Anda, Anda harus menjadi satu dengan kita dalam memesan pengikut Anda untuk pulang dengan damai. Hal yang benar untuk dilakukan sekarang akan memerintahkan pengikut Anda untuk pulang secepat mungkin," katanya seperti dikutip oleh Star Filipina.
Harian Filipina melaporkan Aquino mengatakan Jamalul ia mempertaruhkan tidak hanya kehidupan manusia, tetapi juga kehidupan "ratusan ribu" orang Filipina lain yang bekerja di Malaysia.
Presiden Filipina juga dilaporkan telah mengingatkan bahwa mereka Jamalul Filipina menderita konsekuensi dari tindakannya juga Muslim, dan mengatakan pemimpin pemberontak keluhannya bisa diselesaikan melalui dialog.
" Jalan dialog damai dan terbuka masih tersedia bagi kita. Karena itu marilah kita duduk sebagai saudara untuk mengatasi keluhan Anda dengan cara yang damai, tenang sesuai dengan hukum kita dan sesuai dengan proses yang benar ketika orang-orang Anda tiba di rumah, "Aquino mengatakan.
Dia memperingatkan Jamalul dan anak buahnya mereka bisa menghadapi sanksi karena melanggar konstitusi negara mereka dan kebijakan nasional.
Dia juga dilaporkan mengatakan kepada Jamalul dan anak buahnya mereka akan diselidiki, bersama dengan kolaborator mungkin, menunjukkan bahwa insiden tersebut mungkin tindakan untuk melemahkan pemerintah Filipina.
"Pilihan dan konsekuensi adalah milikmu. Jika Anda memilih untuk tidak bekerja sama, kekuatan penuh hukum negara akan digunakan untuk mencapai keadilan bagi semua yang telah dimasukkan ke dalam bahaya, "Aquino seperti dikutip.
Kelompok, dicurigai sebagai faksi dari kelompok pemberontak Muslim Filipina, mengklaim milik "kerajaan tentara" dari kesultanan Sulu dan diyakini berjumlah sekitar 180 orang, dengan 30 orang bersenjata antara jajarannya menurut kantor berita The Associated Press .
Mereka telah diterobos ke Malaysia pada 9 Februari dan telah dilaporkan telah mengadakan pasukan keamanan nasional di teluk di tengah blokade diberlakukan yang telah memotong pasokan makanan mereka.
Perbedaan pendapat muncul akan tumbuh dalam kelompok, dengan pengikut beberapa pemimpin kelompok Azzimudie Kiram menunjukkan keinginan untuk kembali ke Filipina, Malaysia, The Star Online melaporkan kemarin.
Kelompok ini sebelumnya mengatakan mereka tidak akan meninggalkan Sabah karena mereka "subyek dari Kesultanan Sulu."
Drama aneh telah mengancam untuk membangkitkan ketegangan antara tetangga Asia Tenggara yang hubungan telah usang berkala oleh masalah keamanan dan migrasi disebabkan oleh perbatasan laut berpori.
By: Attan Abdurajak
Najib ketika meyambut jenazah anggota komando VAT 69 Polis Diraja Malaysia
di Subang hari ini.
Berita kawat Reuters melaporkan bahwa Malaysia membayar sejumlah " token " ke Kesultanan Sulu setiap tahun untuk "sewa" dari Sabah - pengaturan yang membentang kembali ke zaman kolonial Inggris.
Pada tahun 2000, sekelompok militan dari Filipina selatan menculik 21 wisatawan dari Sabah menyelam resor Sipadan.
Pada tahun 1985, 11 orang tewas ketika orang-orang bersenjata, diyakini dari Filipina selatan, memasuki Lahad Datu, menembak secara acak sebelum merampok cabang lokal dari Standard Chartered Bank.
A spokesperson of the Sulu sultanate claimed that 10 people were killed and four others wounded in a exchange of fire between Malaysian security forces and the Sulu sultanate intruders in Lahad Datu this morning.
Meanwhile, Bernama reported that two Malaysian police commandoes were killed in a mortar attack, and that another two injured soldiers have since been airlifted to a hospital.
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III stepped in today and appealed to a Filipino rebel group leader claiming ownership of Sabah to quit peacefully the Malaysian state in which he has been hiding or face sanctions for his actions.
Aquino was reported to have spoken on Philippine national television early this morning, telling Sultan Jamalul Kiram III that his group should pull out from the coastal village of Tanduo, near Lahad Datu, before the situation gets out of control.
“This is a situation that cannot persist. If you are truly the leader of your people, you should be one with us in ordering your followers to return home peacefully.
“The right thing to do now would be to order your followers to return home as soon as possible,” he was quoted as saying by the Philippine Star.
The Philippine daily reported Aquino telling Jamalul he was risking not only the lives of his men but also the lives of “hundreds of thousands” of other Filipinos working in Malaysia.
The Philippine president was also reported to have reminded Jamalul that those Filipinos suffering the consequences of his actions were also Muslims, and told the rebel leader his grievances could be resolved through dialogue.
Photo by : Aeries S Jingan
“The avenue of peaceful and open dialogue is still available to us. Let us therefore sit down as brothers to address your grievances in a peaceful, calm manner according to our laws and according to correct processes when your people arrive home,” Aquino was reported saying.
He warned Jamalul and his men they could face sanctions for breaching their country’s constitution and national policy.
He also reportedly told Jamalul and his men they would be investigated, along with possible collaborators, suggesting that the incident may have been an act to undermine the Philippine government.
“The choices and consequences are yours. If you choose not to co-operate, the full force of the laws of the state will be used to achieve justice for all who have been put in harm’s way,” Aquino was quoted as saying.
Photo by: Carl Marie
The group, suspected of being a faction of a Philippine Muslim rebel group, claims to belong to the “royal army” of the Sulu sultanate and are believed to number about 180 people, with 30 gunmen among its ranks according to news wire The Associated Press.
They had intruded into Malaysia on February 9 and have been reported to have held national security forces at bay amid an enforced blockade that had cut off their food supplies.
Dissent appears to be growing within the group, with several followers of group leader Azzimudie Kiram indicating a desire to return to the Philippines, Malaysia’s The Star Online reported yesterday.
The group had previously said they would not leave Sabah as they are “subjects of the sultanate of Sulu.”
The bizarre drama had threatened to stir tension between the Southeast Asian neighbours whose ties have been periodically frayed by security and migration problems caused by a porous sea border.
News wire Reuters had reported that Malaysia pays a token sum to the sultanate of Sulu each year for the “rental” of Sabah — an arrangement that stretches back to British colonial times.
In 2000, a group of militants from the southern Philippines kidnapped 21 tourists from the Sabah diving resort of Sipadan.
In 1985, 11 people were killed when gunmen, believed to be from the southern Philippines, entered Lahad Datu, shooting at random before robbing the local branch of Standard Chartered Bank.
AquinoSeorang juru bicara dari kesultanan Sulu mengklaim bahwa 10 orang tewas dan empat lainnya luka-luka dalam baku tembak antara pasukan keamanan Malaysia dan penyusup kesultanan Sulu di Lahad Datu pagi ini.
Sementara itu, Bernama melaporkan bahwa dua komando polisi Malaysia tewas dalam serangan mortir, dan bahwa dua tentara yang terluka telah sejak diterbangkan ke rumah sakit.
Presiden Filipina Benigno Aquino III melangkah di hari ini dan mengajukan banding ke kepemilikan kelompok pemimpin pemberontak Filipina mengklaim Sabah untuk berhenti damai negara Malaysia di mana ia telah menyembunyikan wajah atau sanksi atas perbuatannya.
Aquino dilaporkan telah berbicara di televisi nasional Filipina dini hari tadi, mengatakan Sultan Jamalul Kiram III bahwa kelompoknya harus keluar dari desa pesisir Tanduo, dekat Lahad Datu, sebelum situasi menjadi tidak terkendali.
"Ini adalah situasi yang tidak bisa bertahan. Jika Anda benar-benar pemimpin orang-orang Anda, Anda harus menjadi satu dengan kita dalam memesan pengikut Anda untuk pulang dengan damai. Hal yang benar untuk dilakukan sekarang akan memerintahkan pengikut Anda untuk pulang secepat mungkin," katanya seperti dikutip oleh Star Filipina.
Harian Filipina melaporkan Aquino mengatakan Jamalul ia mempertaruhkan tidak hanya kehidupan manusia, tetapi juga kehidupan "ratusan ribu" orang Filipina lain yang bekerja di Malaysia.
Presiden Filipina juga dilaporkan telah mengingatkan bahwa mereka Jamalul Filipina menderita konsekuensi dari tindakannya juga Muslim, dan mengatakan pemimpin pemberontak keluhannya bisa diselesaikan melalui dialog.
" Jalan dialog damai dan terbuka masih tersedia bagi kita. Karena itu marilah kita duduk sebagai saudara untuk mengatasi keluhan Anda dengan cara yang damai, tenang sesuai dengan hukum kita dan sesuai dengan proses yang benar ketika orang-orang Anda tiba di rumah, "Aquino mengatakan.
Dia memperingatkan Jamalul dan anak buahnya mereka bisa menghadapi sanksi karena melanggar konstitusi negara mereka dan kebijakan nasional.
Dia juga dilaporkan mengatakan kepada Jamalul dan anak buahnya mereka akan diselidiki, bersama dengan kolaborator mungkin, menunjukkan bahwa insiden tersebut mungkin tindakan untuk melemahkan pemerintah Filipina.
"Pilihan dan konsekuensi adalah milikmu. Jika Anda memilih untuk tidak bekerja sama, kekuatan penuh hukum negara akan digunakan untuk mencapai keadilan bagi semua yang telah dimasukkan ke dalam bahaya, "Aquino seperti dikutip.
Kelompok, dicurigai sebagai faksi dari kelompok pemberontak Muslim Filipina, mengklaim milik "kerajaan tentara" dari kesultanan Sulu dan diyakini berjumlah sekitar 180 orang, dengan 30 orang bersenjata antara jajarannya menurut kantor berita The Associated Press .
Mereka telah diterobos ke Malaysia pada 9 Februari dan telah dilaporkan telah mengadakan pasukan keamanan nasional di teluk di tengah blokade diberlakukan yang telah memotong pasokan makanan mereka.
Perbedaan pendapat muncul akan tumbuh dalam kelompok, dengan pengikut beberapa pemimpin kelompok Azzimudie Kiram menunjukkan keinginan untuk kembali ke Filipina, Malaysia, The Star Online melaporkan kemarin.
Kelompok ini sebelumnya mengatakan mereka tidak akan meninggalkan Sabah karena mereka "subyek dari Kesultanan Sulu."
Drama aneh telah mengancam untuk membangkitkan ketegangan antara tetangga Asia Tenggara yang hubungan telah usang berkala oleh masalah keamanan dan migrasi disebabkan oleh perbatasan laut berpori.
By: Attan Abdurajak
Najib ketika meyambut jenazah anggota komando VAT 69 Polis Diraja Malaysia
di Subang hari ini.
Berita kawat Reuters melaporkan bahwa Malaysia membayar sejumlah " token " ke Kesultanan Sulu setiap tahun untuk "sewa" dari Sabah - pengaturan yang membentang kembali ke zaman kolonial Inggris.
Pada tahun 2000, sekelompok militan dari Filipina selatan menculik 21 wisatawan dari Sabah menyelam resor Sipadan.
Pada tahun 1985, 11 orang tewas ketika orang-orang bersenjata, diyakini dari Filipina selatan, memasuki Lahad Datu, menembak secara acak sebelum merampok cabang lokal dari Standard Chartered Bank.
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