The negotiations between the government and Muslim rebels look to have hit a bump. The separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is none too pleased that the latest round of exploratory talks ended in Kuala Lumpur last Thursday without the negotiating panels signing at least one of three annexes to the Bangsamoro Framework Agreement.
Malaysia’s government on Monday announced plans to relocate villagers in parts of Borneo vulnerable to intruders from the restive southern Philippines.
Malaysian guards on Friday rebuffed an attempt by a Philippine humanitarian mission to talk with Filipinos detained in the wake of the Sabah dispute, saying the group needed a written permission from Kuala Lumpur.
Malaysian activists held rallies in front of the Philippine Embassy in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday and Friday but the diplomatic mission’s operations remained normal because the demonstrations were peaceful, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).
Malaysian police on Friday rounded up 79 people in Sabah for suspected links to the sultan of Sulu’s attempt to retake the territory as crack troops and fighter jets pressed an assault to end a confrontation with the sultan’s armed followers trapped in two villages in the eastern Malaysian state.
The Philippines on Friday asked Malaysia to give the followers of the sultan of Sulu four more days to leave Sabah peacefully as the Filipino heirs to the resource-rich state began to review their position and plan their next move to reclaim the territory formerly known as North Borneo.
The 34th exploratory talks between government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) ended in a “technical impasse” even as they “made tremendous gains” in resolving remaining issues related to power-sharing, wealth-sharing and normalization.
Malaysian police are now looking for Manuel Amalilio, the alleged brains behind the Aman Futures investment scam who has been reported to be hiding in Kota Kinabalu, National Bureau of Investigation Director Nonnatus Rojas said on Friday.
A Malaysian extremist with a $5-million bounty on his head survived a recent Philippine air strike, a Malaysian counterterror official said on Friday, despite Manila’s claims to the contrary.
The peace process with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front has moved “at least a few feet,” the head of the government negotiating panel said after the 25th session of formal talks in Kuala Lumpur with the Moro rebels.
The peace talks, albeit informal, have resumed between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, the presidential adviser on the peace process said on Thursday.
A 27-year-old lady from Carles town in Iloilo won the Miss Filipino Workers Resource Center 2011 crown in a pageant held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on September 18.
