Agbimuddin Kiram remains in Sabah, says niece
By Allan Nawal, Karlos Manlupig
Agbimuddin Kiram remains in Sabah and continues to evade Malaysian security forces, the daughter of Sultan Jamalul Kiram III said here Wednesday.
Agbimuddin Kiram remains in Sabah and continues to evade Malaysian security forces, the daughter of Sultan Jamalul Kiram III said here Wednesday.
Malaysia has vowed not to stop until it gets Agbimuddin Kiram, leader of an armed group from Sulu whose incursion into Sabah last month has taken the lives of dozens of Filipinos and Malaysians.
Raja Muda Agbimuddin Kiram has not gone back to southern Philippines as Malaysia once claimed, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said on Thursday.
After more than a month of military operations against forces of the sultan of Sulu, Malaysian authorities have declared the crisis in eastern Sabah “under control,” Malacañang reported on Sunday.
After over a month of military operation against Agbimuddin Kiram and his men, Malaysian authorities had declared the crisis in Sabah “under control,’’ Philippine officials said on Sunday.
The Malaysian police on Sunday released the identity of the Sulu “royal army” commander, who was captured in Semporna district on Saturday, amid speculations in Sabah he could be Agbimuddin Kiram.
Authorities here are revising their earlier announcement that the elusive Raja Muda (Crown Prince) Agbimuddin Kiram had slipped out of Sabah and had fled back to Mindanao.
The leader of a band of Filipino militants whose incursion in Malaysia has left scores dead has reportedly fled even as his own family insist he is still in the country.
Rajah Mudah Agbimuddin Kiram and his men have fled back to the Philippines, Malaysia’s military chief said late Friday.
The Philippine humanitarian and consular assistance team dispatched by the government to help Filipino evacuees caught in the Sabah crisis could not even step into the evacuation centers without written permission from the Malaysian government.
At least 93 civil society groups, mainly from the Philippines and Malaysia, have called for the declaration a “humanitarian ceasefire” for the sake of affected civilians in Sabah.
Malacañang on Sunday decried the reported brutality suffered by Filipinos at the hands of Malaysian authorities cracking down on supporters of the Sultan Jamalul Kiram III in Sabah.
