Abraham Idjirani. FILE PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines—”We’re relaxing here.” This was what Rajah Mudah Agbimuddin Kiram told Abraham Idjirani, spokesperson and secretary general of the Sultanate of Sulu and North Borneo, as Malaysia stepped up its offensive against members of the Sulu sultanate’s “Royal Army” in Sabah.
Idjirani also told the Inquirer by phone that according to the Agbimuddin Kiram, there were no casualties among the Kiram family’s followers in the reported bombing runs by Malaysian air force planes.
“I was on the phone with the rajah mudah (crown prince) two minutes ago and he told me that they are just relaxing there,” Idjirani said.
He added that it was “divine intervention” that no one from the royal army was hit by the bombs dropped by the Malaysian air force.
Idjirani said that according to Agbimuddin Kiram, the bombs hit the Malaysian police and military.