Bolkiah ‘too busy’ for Kiram
Malacañang on Sunday said the schedule of the Sultan of Brunei Haji Hassanal Bolkiah during his two-day visit to the country this week was “too tight” to accommodate a meeting with Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III.
Malacañang on Sunday said the schedule of the Sultan of Brunei Haji Hassanal Bolkiah during his two-day visit to the country this week was “too tight” to accommodate a meeting with Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III.
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.
The United States is keeping its hands off the Sabah conflict, saying it was something Washington is not “involved with in any way.”
The Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) on Tuesday asked the Tawi-Tawi Regional Trial Court Branch 5 to allow the 38 alleged members of the Royal Sultanate Forces (RSF) to post bail on charges of inciting to war, among others.
President Aquino pitched for peace in resolving the Sabah conflict on Sunday, saying his administration prefers to talk things out.
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.
The Philippine Navy ship that carried evacuees from Sabah was supposed to dock at the port here at 6 a.m. Wednesday.
The Malaysian Defense Minister denied Monday the reported human rights abuses committed by Malaysian security forces against Filipinos in Sabah.
The descendants of the Sulu sultanate have condemned Sultan Jamalul Kiram III for instigating violence in Sabah.
President Aquino on Wednesday declared that he would not allow the sultanate of Sulu to drag the country into a conflict with Malaysia.
Malaysian troops were scouring an area 4 square kilometers at Tanduao village here for armed followers of the sultan of Sulu who were routed in an air and ground assault 12 hours earlier and fled to the jungles of Sabah.
