How can ‘heavily armed’ people in military uniforms arrive in tourists boats on Sabah shores unnoticed?
KOTA KINABALU: The government’s handling of the recent tense situation involving some 100 “heavily-armed and uniformed” intruders from Sulu, who had “penetrated Sabah’s supposedly well-guarded border”, has raised both doubts and questions over Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak’s commitment to state security.
Questioning the “inconsistent” details that had been filtering out of Lahad Datu following the incident, State Reform Party (STAR) chief Jeffrey Kitingan said the lack of information spoke volumes about the efficiency of the state’s security personnel.
“We have been denied the explanation of how this huge number of intruders managed to penetrate our supposedly well-guarded border, even landing and reaching an estate area in Lahad Datu.
“We are told they came in pump boats while others said they came in tourist boats. This is ridiculous. How can at least 80 ‘heavily armed’ people in military uniforms be in tourists boats and not been noticed?
“Do we have a lot of tourist boats crossing the Sulu-Sabah border on a daily basis? Who operates such tourist boats? And are they carrying tourists from Sabah to Sulu or vice versa?” he asked.
Jeffrey also found it odd that the authorities had denied that these “uniformed and armed tourists” were not militants.
“We are told these people are not militants, but what else should you call a group of people in combat uniforms who are ‘heavily armed’?
“Just because they are not from the MILF [Moro Islamic Liberation Front], MNLF [Moro National Liberation Front] or Abu Sayyaf doesn’t mean they are not militants.
Militant objective
“In fact, the claim that they want to be recognised as the Royal Sulu Sultanate Army and demanding that the Sulu people in Sabah be not deported back to their homeland is clear proof of their militant objective,” said Jeffrey.
He also reminded the authorities to bear in mind that there had been many people who had in the past claimed to be sultans of Sulu.
“As such, we must look at these intruders as invaders intending to establish military and administrative control over Sabah.
“The fact that the police are negotiating with them, supposedly to avoid bloodshed, may be wise, but Malaysia must demonstrate its firmness and assert its sovereignty, and deal with all such intruders decisively,” he said.
Jeffrey said the fact that Najib had expressed concern, wanting to avoid bloodshed because “they [militants] had relatives” showed that Sabah had been “infiltrated”.
“The prime minister is worried about bloodshed because they [militants] have relatives here. It shows that we have already been infiltrated and held at ransom by illegal immigrants who had been made citizens overnight. Crime doesn’t consider relatives.
“Asking them to leave politely will not guarantee they will not return in larger numbers to pursue their objective of invading Sabah. These people must first of all be disarmed and be punished according to the laws of the land,” Jeffrey said.
Raymond Tombung
You will be fined RM10,000 and/or put in jail for 7 years for illegal possession of a firearm but just a slap on the wrist for illegally crossing the border heavily armed, making threats and demands?
ReplyDeleteMALAYSIA FORMED ON FALSE PROMISES OF "SECURITY & PROSPERITY"
DeleteReaders can choose one or a couple of the following options:
1. The EASY entry of 80 armed men into Sabah shows that Malaya has failed again to live up to its promises of guaranteeing Sabah or Sarawak's border security which was a main reason for forming "Malaysia".
This failure to prevent armed men from entering Sabah not to say illegal instant voters only depressingly confirms that Malaya UMNO is playing its usual cynical manipulation game by creating an incident.
2. OR Did UMNO as an election gimmick, deliberately allow these 80 (pretend) "foreign" armed men (may be Malayan occupation forces in Sabah masquerading as such) to show UMNO's efficiency in patrolling our borders?
3.OR is there a high level of connivance between UMNO BN Gov't and foreign forces- for whatever reasons?
4. What is UMNO's motive? Is UMNO planning to recruit foreign forces to keep Sabah and Sarawak under its colonial yoke just as it has done by importing illegals into the 2 Malayan colonies?
SABAHANS- No Malaysia apologist OR boot licker can explain this serious breach of your security. Armed men have come and gone as they wish since 1963.
The first group of armed men were British and Malayan invading forces when they enter Borneo to suppress the anti-Malaysia Brunei independence uprising.
Our forefathers' failure to join the general uprising for Borneo independence condemned us into a HELL HOLE called "Malaysia" for 50 years.
ARISE & RESIST ANOTHER 50 YEARS OF EXISTING MALAYSIA HELL HOLE!
VOTE AGAINST ALL MALAYAN PARTIES!
DEMAND A DE-COLONISATION INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM!
I don't see the point of any opposition party to capitalize this issue for their own selfish gain for the pending election. If these party are truely sincere in helping to resolve this situation, they should come together and join the the government to work a clear cut remedy to resolve the situation. Finger pointing without providing clear solution to the situation at hand will not achieve this matter. The state government and federal government are doing their best to contain the situation without causing an international incident. I suggest all you opposition politicus to put your political agenda aside and asist the government to ensure the worst case scenario will not come to reality.
DeletePut aside your political differences! This is not the time to politicize this situation. The situation outweighted your petty agenda. As Malaysians this is the time we put aside our political differences and come together to resolve the situation.
DeleteSerahkan kepada pihak berkuasa untuk bertindak.
ReplyDeleteTidak perlu buat sebarang spekulasi, pasti kerajaan tau apa yang patut di buat.
DeleteKeselamatand an ketenteraman harus diutamakan.
ReplyDeleteGolongan yang melaksanakan aktiviti haram harus dikenakan tindakan undang yang ketat.
ReplyDeleteHow can at least 80 ‘heavily armed’ people in military uniforms be in tourists boats and not been noticed?
ReplyDeleteAdakah pihak yang menjalankan tugas gagal melaksanakan tugasnya dengan wajar.
Kerajaan tidak harus mengabaikan ketenteraman demi berkuasa.
ReplyDeleteKerajaan tidak akan berkompromi dengan mana-mana pihak berhubung isu keselamatan di Sabah dalam kes penahanan sekumpulan warga asing yang cuba menceroboh perairan negara di Lahad Datu 12 Februari lepas.
ReplyDelete"Ini (pencerobohan di Lahad Datu) adalah sesuatu yang tidak bertanggungjawab. Kerajaan sejak awal lagi tidak akan berkompromi dengan hak keselamatan Sabah dan rakyat di Sabah. Kita dalam proses usir mereka yang terlibat balik ke negara asal.
ReplyDelete"Kedua-duanya memaklumkan kepada saya melalui sumber-sumber risikan dan mendapati kumpulan ini bukan kumpulam militan atau penggganas.
ReplyDelete"Mereka merupakan penyokong kepada kesultanan Sulu dan harap mereka dapat diusir dalam masa terdekat tanpa pertumpahan darah dan pengorbanan jiwa mana-mana pihak," katanya kepada pemberita pada sidang media selepas merasmikan Majlis Penutup Jelajah Anak Malaysia di sini hari ini.
ReplyDeleteHishammuddin turut menggesa mana-mana pihak terutamanya tidak membuat sebarang spekulasi berhubung perkara itu dan mendapatkan perkembangan lanjut daripada Ketua Polis Sabah..
ReplyDeleteKatanya, Kerajaan kini sedang fokus mengambil langkah tegas dalam mengusir kumpulan tersebut.
ReplyDelete"Ini bukan rundingan, ini perbincangan pengusiran, kita tidak kompromi dalam menangani hak rakyat kita di Sabah dan keselamatan Sabah,ujarnya.
Sebelum ini, pihak berkuasa keselamatan berjaya mengepung sekumpulan lelaki rakyat asing berpakaian ala tentera dan bersenjata api yang menceroboh masuk ke Lahad Datu dan Ketua Polis Negara, Tan Sri Ismail Omar berkata kumpulan itu menceroboh masuk disebabkan masalah yang berlaku di selatan Filipina.
ReplyDeleteMenurut sumber polis, lebih 100 anggota kumpulan, disyaki kumpulan militan dari selatan Filipina, bersenjata lengkap dan berpakaian celoreng tentera mendarat di persisiran pantai Lahad Datu dengan menaiki bot pancung.
ReplyDeleteMenteri Pertahanan Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi hari ini berkata usaha memujuk kumpulan bersenjata dari Filipina yang menceroboh Lahad Datu, Sabah, supaya meninggalkan kawasan itu sedang giat dijalankan.
ReplyDeleteBeliau berkata ia membabitkan rundingan bersama pasukan polis manakala pihak tentera membantu dari segi operasi pemantauan.
ReplyDeletePihak keselamatan akan cuba sebaik mungkin menyelesaikan masalah itu melalui perundingan, bukan pertumpahan darah.
ReplyDeleteMenteri Dalam Negeri Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein berkata sumber risikan menunjukkan kumpulan itu bukan kumpulan militan atau pengganas tetapi penyokong Kesultanan Sulu.
ReplyDeletepercaya pihak berkuasa termasuk polis mampu menangani kes tersebut dan mereka yang mendakwa sebagai Askar Diraja Kesultanan Sulu akan dapat dihantar pulang ke negara mereka dengan selamat.
ReplyDeleteBiar pihak berkuasa dan yang bertanggungjawab serta berkepakaran selesaikan hal ini tanpa pertumpahan darah.
ReplyDelete"Saya tak nak mana-mana pihak terkorban. Mereka juga manusia yang perlu dihormati nyawanya. Jika ada yang terkorban, akhirnya kerajaan dan pihak berkuasa kita juga yang dituduh.
beliau turut menegaskan kerajaan sesekali tidak akan berkompromi berhubung hak, kedudukan dan keselamatan Sabah dan rakyatnya.
ReplyDeleteBeliau juga sekali lagi memberi jaminan keadaan di Lahad Datu setakat ini terkawal kerana ia bukan melibatkan isu pengganas, keganasan atau militan.
ReplyDeletePolis kini sedang dalam proses mengusir pulang ke negara asal kumpulan penceroboh dari selatan Filipina yang dikepung di Kampung Tanduo, Lahad Datu.
ReplyDeleteKita sudah beritahu mereka bahawa kita tidak boleh melayan apa-apa tuntutan mereka kerana ini bukan platform yang betul untuk menyuarakan apa-apa yang mereka mahu.
ReplyDeleteJadi, sekarang kita hanya boleh melaksanakan proses untuk menghantar mereka balik supaya mereka boleh mencari saluran yang sesuai untuk menyuarakan tuntutan mereka.
ReplyDeletePercaya dengan kerajaan yang mana akan membuat pilihan yang terbaik untuk semua ini.
ReplyDeleteKerajaan Malaysia akan melakukan yang terbaik, termasuk melalui perundingan, bagi menangani isu pencerobohan sekumpulan warga Filipina di perairan negara di Lahad Datu, Sabah.
ReplyDeleteSambil menegaskan keadaan di Lahad Datu, bahagian pantai timur Sabah terkawal, Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak berkata tindakan itu penting bagi memastikan kumpulan yang berjumlah antara 80 dan 100 anggota itu “keluar dengan selamat ke Selatan Filipina”, sekaligus mengelak pertumpahan darah.
ReplyDeleteIni yang kita nak kerana mereka ada juga saudara mara di sini…jadi kita tidak mahu ada nyawa yang terkorban dan sebab itu kita minta mereka balik dengan cara yang baik,”
ReplyDeleten Angkatan Tentera Malaysia (ATM) bekerjasama dengan polis mengambil tindakan segera berhubung perkara itu.
ReplyDeleteKeadaan di sekitar Lahad Datu adalah terkawal ketika Angkatan Tentera dan polis masih meneruskan rundingan
ReplyDeletependuduk di kawasan berdekatan juga telah diarah berpindah untuk jaminan keselamatan.
ReplyDeletesemua pihak agar jangan membuat sebarang spekulasi atau menyebar khabar angin mengenai kejadian pencerobohan itu kerana boleh menyebabkan gangguan kepada rundingan berkenaan.
ReplyDelete"Orang ramai diminta supaya jangan mempercayai sebarang khabar angin tanpa pengesahahan pihak berkuasa. Tunggu rundingan selesai kerana penjelasan pihak berkenaan (penceroboh) adalah penting
ReplyDeleteKejadian ini mengejutkan rakyat Sabah, namun kita semua mengharapkan agar ia segera selesai tanpa da pertumpahan darah.
ReplyDeleteHak dan keselamatan rakyat negeri ini dalam menyelesaikan secara baik insiden pencerobohan warga Filipina di perairan Lahad Datu tidak akan dikompromi.
ReplyDeleteKumpulan terbabit bukan merupakan kumpulan militan atau pengganas, tapi masalah ini tetap akan ditangani dengan sebaik mungkin untuk mengelakkan pertumpahan darah.
ReplyDeleteSpekulasi dan khabar-khabar angin tentang hal ini perlulah dikurangan.
ReplyDeletepihak berkuasa sedang menagani masalah ini, Hishammuddin mengingatkan orang ramai supaya tidak melihat insiden itu sebagai sesuatu yang boleh dipolemikkan atau dipolitikkan.
ReplyDeleteSemoga pihak berkuasa Filipina dan Malaysia akan bekerjsama menangani masalah ini secara harmoni.
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