The Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) on Tuesday asked the Tawi-Tawi Regional Trial Court to transfer two of the 38 suspected members of the Sulu’s Royal Security Forces to a medical hospital for treatment of serious illness.
Could it be possible that members of the so-called Sulu “royal army” threw away whatever weapons they earlier possessed so they could escape the manhunt on their group by some 5,000 Malaysian security forces?
Filipinos, who had fled Sabah in the aftermath of the armed intrusion there by the Sulu “royal army,” had learned to endure the pains of being violently beaten by Malaysian security forces during crackdowns on suspected Sabah-based supporters of the sultanate’s men just to stay alive, survivors had claimed.
Despite official claims that the Sabah situation is now under control, Malaysian forces are apparently still worried about the activities of the members of the Sulu “royal army.”
The sultan of Sulu Jamalul Kiram III said Sunday he was still open to negotiating with the government, even as he stood his ground on his rejection of its order for his supporters in Sabah to leave without condition.
Seven people – five Malaysian policemen and two Sulu gunmen – were killed in an ambush-cum-clash in Semporna in Tawau district in Sabah, the Malaysian media quoted Malaysian police as saying on Sunday.
The Department of Foreign Affairs on Friday asked the so-called Sulu “royal army” that entered Sabah Wednesday to “return to their homes and families”.
