The Philippine government will send a team of officials to Kuala Lumpur to negotiate the extradition of Manuel Amalilio, a relative of Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman.
According to the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Justice Secretary Leila De Lima has approved the travel order for the team of prosecutors and state counsel.
“The team will leave mid-March since the Malaysian Attorney-General is not available until then to receive them (the team),” De Lima was quoted as saying today.
Prosecutor General Claro Arellano, Justice Under-secretary Jose Vicente Salazar and other prosecutors and legal counsels are covered by the travel order.
While Manila has claimed that Amalilio (left) is a citizen of the Philippines, investigations by Malaysian police revealed that he is a Malaysian but had obtained a Philippine passport without lawful authority.
Amalilio, also known as Mohammad Kamal Sa'aid, pleaded guilty to holding an illegal Philippine passport and was sentenced to two years' jail.
Amalilio fled to Sabah when wanted by the Philippine police for allegedly cheating over 15,000 people of 12 billion pesos (RM895 million) through his company Aman Futures Group in the Visayas and Mindanao.
Manila had earlier claimed that Musa had blocked Amalilio’s repatriation on Jan 24, just 10 minutes before he was to board a plane to Manila with agents from the Philippine National Bureau of Investigation.
Musa (right) denied the allegation but admitted that Amalilio is a “distant relative”.
Sabah police chief Hamza Taib later clarified that he had ordered the intervention because the deportation procedures had not complied with the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 2002.
PKR parliamentarians, who have conducted a fact-finding mission to the Philippines, said they suspect that Malaysia had conveniently jailed Amalilio to prevent his deportation.
They called for an investigation to be carried into Amalilio's wealth, and his connections to politicians and officials in Malaysia.
Abdul Gani has directed the Malaysian authorities to “check and freeze” all financial records and assets of Amalilio.
MANILA, Philippines – The Malaysian government through the Malaysian embassy in Philippines has given the assurance that it would help to extradite scam boss Manuel Amalilio, who is a “distant relative” of Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman.
ReplyDeleteNews website philstar.com reported that the assurance was given in a letter from the Malaysian embassy’s first secretary Yap Wei Sin.
DeleteYin had written to The STAR in connection with three articles written by columnist Jarius Bondoc who had alleged that the Malaysian government, specifically the state of Sabah, was harboring Amalilio
DeleteSin denied Bondoc’s accusation, saying that the Attorney General of Malaysia, after a meeting with Philippine Justice undersecretary Jose Salazar on Feb 6, had ordered authorities to check and freeze the assets of Amalilio and his associates, philstar.com reported.
DeleteHe said the government of Malaysia received the official request of the Philippines for Mutual Legal Assistance in criminal matters to extradite the pyramid scam mastermind. He said the Attorney General was fully committed to assist in Amalilio’s prosecution regardless of his citizenship.
DeleteSin said there was no proof that Amalilio is an immediate relative of Sabah chief minister Musa Aman and his brother Anifah Aman, the minister of Foreign Affairs. (Though de facto Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim had claimed that Amalilio is Musa Aman’s cousin, the Chief Minister had admitted that he was a “distant relative”.)
DeleteHe also clarified the issue on citizenship in Sabah as raised by The STAR’s columnist. He said there is an ongoing investigation on the influx of illegal immigrants in Sabah, and it is not proper for his government to prematurely comment on the matter.
DeleteMasalah pendatang haram semakin banyak dan semoga jumlah ini tidak meningkat sehingga di luar kawalan.
DeleteRasanya itulah yang perlu dilakukan sekarang ini. Buatlah perundingan yang baik untuk menyelesaikan masalah.
DeleteKita percaya dengan kata sepakat akan dapat memberikan jawapan yang terbaik dalam perundingan tersebut.
DeleteKerajaan Malaysia akan cuba yang terbaik untuk menyelesaikan mengenai individu yang dikehendaki yang ditahan di Sabah ini.
DeletePerdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Razak akan memberi kerjasama kepada kerajaan Filipina supaya tidak menyorok penjenayah dikehendaki negara itu.
DeletePelbagai fitnah kita dengar daripada pihak pembangkang yang cuba untuk mengaitkan kes Amililio dengan Datuk Musa Aman.
DeleteSemua itu cuma andaian yang dibuat oleh mereka yang berkepentingan semata-mata.
DeleteSeperti apa yang kita ketahui sendiri, Datuk Musa sememangnya mengaku Amililio itu saudara jauh, namun beliau tidak ada campur tangan dalam penahanan dan penghantaran pulang ke Filipina.
DeleteSemua itu dibawah bidang kuasa kerajaan persekutuan dan bukannya kuasa kerjaan negeri.
DeleteApa pun yang kita harap sekarang ini Kerajaan Filipina dan Malaysia akan cuba menyelesaikan sesuatu perkara itu dengan cara yang baik.
DeletePerundingan isu sudah semestinya satu cara yang aman dan terbaik dalam menyelesaikan sesuatu masalah. Seperti juga kes di Lahad Datu itu.
DeleteRundingan yang harus memihak kepada kerajaan Malaysia.
DeleteMANILA, Philippines -- There is a chance Malaysia will allow the early extradition to the Philippines of pyramid scam suspect Manuel Amalilio, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said Saturday.
ReplyDeleteBaring the outcome of initial talks with Malaysian justice officials, De Lima said the Philippines “can have Amalilio extradited … even before full service of his two-year sentence” in Malaysia for possession of a fake passport and despite the absence of an extradition treaty between the two countries.
DeleteDe Lima said Malaysia’s attorney general “gave assurances that, pending his final extradition or turn over” to the Philippines, “Amalilio will be kept in jail and both sides can work out possible access by (Philippine) police and prosecutors …”
DeleteThey called for an investigation to be carried into Amalilio's wealth, and his connections to politicians and officials in Malaysia.
ReplyDeleteKekayaan yang luar biasa harus disiasat.
Amalilio should be punished heavily if he is found to really had cheated over 15,000 people of 12 billion pesos (RM895 million) through his company Aman Futures Group in the Visayas and Mindanao.
DeleteJangan lepaskan mana-mana pihak yang memiliki kekayaan yang luar biasa, siasatan harus dijalankan.
DeleteKerjasama kedua negara amat diperlukan.
ReplyDeleteits important for malaysia and philippines to cooperate with each other to maintain the relationship.
DeleteMasalah harus diselesaikan dan perhubungan baik harus dieratkan juga.
DeleteSaluran mana mendapat dokumen palsu?
ReplyDeleteMusa aman seems closely linked to Amalilio case?
ReplyDeletePeople assume that Amalilio got help from Musa just because Musa is his distant relative.
DeleteMUsa had clearly stated that no one is above the law and that include his own relative Amalilio.
DeleteCuma Musa yang tahu sama ada terlibat atau tidak.
DeleteBagus tindakan diambil untuk membekukan harta dan aset beliau buat masa kini.
ReplyDeletewhat was cheated by Amalilio must be return to his victims.
DeleteSerahkan kepada pihak berkuasa untuk mengambil tindakan.
ReplyDeletethe authorities will handle this matter.
DeleteMusa dikaitkan lagi.
ReplyDeletethat is the downside of being the CM. People will try to bring you down.
DeleteJika benar Amalilio ini disabit salah dari sisi undang-undang, harus juga dikenakan tindakan undang-undang.
ReplyDeletetiada siapa yang mengatasi undang-undang. jika amalilio bersalah dia harus dikenakan tindakan undang-undang.
DeleteMusa sudah menafikannya.
ReplyDeletemusa sudah menafikan bahawa beliau terlibat. namun ada pihak yang sengaja sensasikan isu ini.
DeleteWith the GE approaching soon, the opposition waste no time to link every issue to Musa and the government. Typical strategy of the opposition.
DeletePeople shouldn't blindly believe whatever being promised by the opposition. Their unrealistic promises are just to fish votes.
DeleteMANUEL Amalilio’s two-year jail term in Malaysia will not stop the Justice Department from resolving the complaints against him by some 15,000 people he is said to have duped in a P12-billion pyramiding scam involving his Aman Futures Group Philippines Inc
ReplyDeleteJustice Secretary Leila de Lima said the Malaysian government had agreed to allow Philippine authorities to gain access to Amalilio while he is serving sentence in a Kota Kinabalu jail for possession of a fake passport.
ReplyDeleteAmalilio had flown to Malaysia in an apparent attempt to avoid prosecution here, but it didn’t take long for Malaysian authorities to get to him.
ReplyDeleteWhether you are relative of the CM or not, there is no escape to getting the prosecution.
Delete“There are discussions on how our prosecutors can access Mr. Amalilio while in jail,” De Lima said.
ReplyDelete“Since we cannot physically bring him back yet, at least we can have access to him for the purposes of the ongoing court proceedings here.”
ReplyDeleteDe Lima said Amalilio must answer the complaints of syndicated estafa filed against him and the other officers of Aman Futures Group Philippines Inc. by disgruntled investors from Visayas and Mindanao.
ReplyDeleteShe said access to the Aman head would most especially be helpful in the pending preliminary investigation of his case by the Justice Department.
ReplyDeleteOnly two initial sets of cases have been filed so far by the department in court against Amalilio and his officers, who reportedly all want to become state witnesses.
ReplyDelete“We are made to understand that Mr. Amalilio just needs to serve a fraction of his two-year jail term,” De Lima said.
ReplyDelete“They mentioned about 15 months instead of two years, but I think that is still subject to negotiation, so perhaps we can still ask the Malaysian government to further shorten that period. This is good news for us.”
De Lima said a mutual legal assistance treaty would no longer be necessary to extradite Amalilio since Malaysian laws provided for the extradition of criminals wanted abroad for as long as legal requirements were met.
ReplyDelete“They are very willing to assist us and they expressed assurance to help us out for Mr. Amalilio’s extradition in the near future,” De Lima said.
ReplyDeleteShe said Amalilio’s nationality—whether he is a Filipino or a Malaysian citizen—would no longer be relevant in his case.
ReplyDeleteAmalilio is married to a Filipina and is a holder of a Philippine passport. One reason given by the Sabah airport police in stopping National Bureau of Investigation agents from flying Amalilio to Manila was his being a protected Malaysian citizen.
ReplyDeleteThe Malaysian government had frozen Amalilio’s assets in Malaysia at the request of the Philippine government.
ReplyDeleteSeriously speaking, this is something that is being anticipated for.
ReplyDeleteEXTRADITION and forfeiture proceedings against Aman Futures founder Manuel Amalilio will push through next month after Justice Secretary Leila de Lima signed the travel papers for the team of prosecutors and state counsels who will facilitate the request.
ReplyDeleteDe Lima said included in the trip are Justice Undersecretary Jose Vicente Salazar, Prosecutor General Claro Arellano, and Chief State Counsel Ricardo Paras.
ReplyDeleteArellano, however, told Sun.Star that he does not know when they will be leaving for Kuala Lumpur pending receipt of the travel order.
ReplyDeleteThe prosecutors failed to travel last week since Malaysian Attorney General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail was out of his country.
ReplyDeletePatail earlier ordered the freezing of assets of Amalilio, which include company shares, stocks, and land assets, among others.
ReplyDeleteAmalilio has yet to face trial for syndicated estafa in a Pagadian court because he is currently serving a two-year jail term in Malaysia for possession of fake Philippine passport.
ReplyDeleteSome 15,000 people in Visayas and Mindanao allegedly lost P12 billion to Aman's double-your-money scheme
ReplyDeleteThe Malaysian government gave assurance that it would cooperate with the Philippines in efforts to return to Manila wanted investment scam boss Manuel Amalilio. The assurance was contained in a letter to The STAR from the Malaysian embassy’s first secretary Yap Wei Sin.
ReplyDeleteAmalilio, who also carried the Malaysian name Mohammad Suffan Saaid, was arrested by local authorities in Kota Kinabalu on Jan. 25 and was formally charged on Feb. 4 for possession of a fake passport.
ReplyDeleteSin said the government of Malaysia received the official request of the Philippines for Mutual Legal Assistance in criminal matters to extradite the pyramid scam mastermind. He said the Attorney General was fully committed to assist in Amalilio’s prosecution regardless of his citizenship.
ReplyDeleteManila team is now having a pact.
ReplyDeleteBerhempas pulas la mereka itu.
ReplyDeleteIt is good to have official negotation
ReplyDeleteWhy he don't want to leave?
ReplyDeleteTiada kana bagi rasuah baitu.
ReplyDeleteAre you sure you can handle them?
ReplyDeleteNampaknya isu ini akan berlanjutan lagi.
ReplyDeleteMemang tidak dinafikan lagi.
ReplyDeleteI hope this matter will be really2 solved.
ReplyDeletesetakat ini tidak terdapat sebarang unsur luar yang campurtangan dalam usaha polis menyelesaikan isu berkenaan dan menegaskan pihaknya tidak akan membenarkan sebarang campur tangan seperti itu menganggu urusan keselamatan negara
ReplyDeleteisu berkenaan masih ditangani sebagai isu keselamatan negara dan operasi turut melibatkan agensi keselamatan lain.
ReplyDeleteinsiden pencerobohan kumpulan yang mengaku Askar Diraja Kesultanan Sulu masih di bawah tanggungjawab Polis Diraja Malaysia.
ReplyDeletepolis tidak tahu menahu mengenai dakwaan sesetengah pihak kononnya empat anggota keluarga Kiram (kerabat Kesultanan Sulu) telah ditangkap oleh pihak berkuasa.
ReplyDeletepihak polis akan tamatkan stand-off sekarang ini. orang ramai jangan bimbang dan jangan ragu-ragu
ReplyDeletetindakan boleh diambil pada bila-bila masa terhadap 150 orang penceroboh yang masih bertahan dan enggan keluar dari Kampung Tanduo.
ReplyDeleteepisod yang bermula sejak 12 Februari lalu akan diselesaikan secepat mungkin dan orang ramai tidak bimbang.
ReplyDeletekapal Filipina yang didakwa akan digunakan untuk membawa kumpulan itu pulang ke negara asal, kapal itu tidak berada di perairan negara ini.
ReplyDeletepolis menahan empat individu atas kesalahan tidak mempunyai dokumen yang sah pada awal pagi semalam di satu kawasan di Lahad Datu, namun kesemua mereka bukan anggota kumpulan terbabit.
ReplyDeletePolis sudah menamatkan rundingan dengan kumpulan penceroboh dari selatan Filipina yang dikepung di Kampung Tanduo, Lahad Datu dan kini dalam proses mengusir mereka pulang ke negara asal.
ReplyDeletePresiden Filipina Benigno Aquino memberi amaran kepada Sultan Sulu pada Selasa bahawa beliau akan berdepan tindakan undang-undang sekiranya tidak menamatkan pencerobohan pengikutnya di Sabah
DeleteAquino memberitahu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III untuk memanggil pulang pengikutnya supaya meninggalkan sebuah perkampungan nelayan dekat Lahad Datu yang diceroboh masuk sejak 9 Februari lalu.
Delete"Sekiranya anda memilih untuk tidak bekerjasama, tindakan undang-undang negara ini akan digunakan untuk mencapai keadilan bagi semua.
Delete"Keadaan seperti ini tidak boleh berterusan. Jika anda seorang pemimpin sebenar pengikut anda, anda perlu bekerjasama dengan kami dalam mengarahkan mereka pulang secara aman," kata Aquino dalam satu kenyataan yang disiarkan sebuah stesen televisyen tempatan.
Deletebbiarlah pihak yang berkuasa menyelesaikan pekara ini dengan sebaiknya.
ReplyDeletebila pilihanraya semakin hampir macam ini semua isu pun mau dimainkan.
ReplyDeleteThe opposition are always glad whenever new issues surface cause it would give them something to attack the government.
Deletesudah jadi lumrah, banyak isu akan dimain dan dikitar semula bila pilihanraya sudah dekat.
DeleteManifesto Pakatan Rakyat (PR) yang dilancarkan pada Isnin bukanlah satu janji yang menjamin kesejahteraan dan kebajikan rakyat, sebaliknya semata-mata satu helah untuk meraih populariti di kalangan pengundi, kata beberapa tokoh pemikir
ReplyDeleteMereka berkata pada pilihan raya umum Mac 2008, parti pembangkang menabur pelbagai janji manis untuk meraih sokongan pengundi, bagaimanapun gagal melaksanakan janji populis itu walaupun berjaya menguasai beberapa negeri.
DeleteMalah mereka turut menyalahkan Barisan Nasional (BN) atas kegagalan untuk mengota janji itu, dan kini menjelang pilihan raya umum ke-13, sekali lagi gabungan DAP-PKR-PAS menabur janji manis untuk memancing undi.
DeleteBagi Ahli Majlis Profesor Negara (MPN) Prof Datuk Dr Noor Azlan Ghazali manifesto PR tidak lebih sekadar menciplak apa yang telah, sedang dan bakal dilaksanakan kerajaan BN.
DeleteKetua Kluster Ekonomi dan Pengurusan MPN itu berkata manifesto itu harus dilihat secara keseluruhan, serta mengambil kira konteks perekonomian untuk memajukan sebuah negara, dan bukan hanya kepentingan seorang individu.
Delete"Memang menjadi matlamat mana-mana kerajaan untuk menjaga kesejahteraan dan kebajikan rakyat. Bagi saya, manifesto ini tidak ada apa-apa yang menarik dan tiada sebarang kejutan. Ini kerana apa yang diutarakan sebagai teras, sudahpun menjadi agenda utama dalam membantu kesejahteraan dan pembangunan ekonomi kerajaan BN," katanya kepada Bernama ketika dihubungi Isnin.
Deletemanifesto pembangkang dikritik oleh banyak pihak apabila mereka tidak menunaikan janji mereka pada PRU yang lalu.
DeleteIs he really Musa's relative though?
ReplyDeleteMusa had already admit that amalilio is his distant relative.
DeleteAmalileo ni kan memang pembawa sial la.
ReplyDeleteThe opposition saw an opportunity to attack Musa when Amalilio's repatriation was blocked.
Deleterakyat harus bijak menilai dan jangan mudah percaya dengan spekulasi semata-mata.
DeleteWhy he purposely to create chaos?
ReplyDeleteAnd came back here to commit so much crimes just to gain mileage.
ReplyDeleteAmalilio came to sabah to escape. He thought by having musa as his relative he could get help from him but he was wrong.
DeleteAnd now other the LD standoff, we have to shift to something like this.
ReplyDeletemany issues that sabah is facing concern the Philippines. First, its the Philippine illegal immigrant, then the intrusion in LD and now AMalilio case.
DeleteIni memang satu penghinaan besar
ReplyDeleteAfter all this is meant to knock down the government.
ReplyDeleteA prank
ReplyDeleteThis guy is only needs money.
ReplyDeleteSampai kerajaan pilipin mau jumpa?
ReplyDeleteThe State government on Saturday presented a big ‘ang pau’ to the Chinese community of Sabah when it approved a half a million ringgit to complete the construction of the Chi Hwa Primary School
ReplyDeleteIt is not ang pau if it is tax payer money.
DeleteThe government allocates about RM16 million for the Fishermen’s Living Allowance in Sabah every year since it started in June 2008.
ReplyDeleteYahya said that the government is always concerned about the lives of fishermen in Malaysia and hope that they will appreciate the allowance.
ReplyDeleteBukan sudah kana tangkap kaitu?
ReplyDeleteBerita yang diterima lain pula jsdinya.
ReplyDeleteOne shot and this shot is nothing but hell
ReplyDeleteApa juga di Amalileo mau ni?
ReplyDeleteMOney money money. That is why he had conned over 15,000 people of 12 billion pesos (RM895 million) through his company Aman Futures Group in the Visayas and Mindanao.
DeleteDalam masa yang sama, dia inginkan kekayaan.
ReplyDeleteBerita ini menggemparkan.
ReplyDeleteBad intention after all.
ReplyDeleteEverything starts from there.
ReplyDeleteManila seems eager about it.
ReplyDeleteWhat is there not to be eager about. Amalilio had cheated over 15,000 people of 12 billion pesos (RM895 million) through his company Aman Futures Group in the Visayas and Mindanao.
DeleteLets see what the government has to say.
ReplyDeleteThe government will surely assists the philippines in this case.
DeleteWhy seem everybody is attacking Musa?
ReplyDeleteGE is approaching. So it is no surprise that the opposition are attacking him.
DeleteMusa is innocent.
ReplyDeleteI don't see how musa is guilty when there is no prove that he had blocked Amalilio’s repatriation on Jan 24.
DeleteA seven-member team from the Department of Justice (DOJ) will depart for Malaysia next month to work out the possible extradition of Manuel Amalilio, who is wanted in the Philippines for duping some 15,000 investors of his doomed investment firm.
ReplyDeleteJustice Secretary Leila de Lima, in an interview with reporters on Tuesday, said the team will go to Malaysia to meet with Malaysian officials from March 13 to 15.
ReplyDeleteAmong those who will compose the team are Undersecretary Jose Vicente Salazar, Prosecutor General Claro Arellano and Chief State Counsel Ricardo Paras.
ReplyDeleteAmalilio fled the country last year at the height of his firm's collapse and sought refuge in Kota Kinabalu. An attempt to bring him back to the Philippines last month was unsuccessful after Malaysian authorities arrested him for carrying fake passport and IDs. He was sentenced to two years imprisonment.
ReplyDeleteDe Lima said the DOJ team was "ready" to travel to Malaysia but its departure would have to be pushed back a bit due to a conflict of schedules of the team members.
ReplyDeleteKerajaan Filipina akan menghantar satu pasukan rasmi ke Kuala Lumpur untuk membincangkan ekstradisi saudara kepada ketua menteri Sabah, Manuel Amalilio.
ReplyDeleteMenurut laporan Philippine Daily Inquirer, setiausaha keadilan negara itu Leila De Lima sudah meluluskan arahan perjalanan bagi satu pasukan pendakwa dan peguam cara negara itu untuk ke Malaysia bagi tujuan tersebut.
ReplyDelete"Pasukan itu akan ke Malaysia pertengahan Mac memandangkan peguam negara Malaysia tidak bersedia buat masa ini untuk menerima pasukan itu," De Lima dipetik sebagai berkata demikian hari ini.
ReplyDeletePendakwa raya negara Claro Arellano, ketua setiausaha keadilan Jose Vicente Salazar dan pendakwa raya serta peguam cara lain adalah tertakluk kepada arahan perjalanan tersebut.
ReplyDeleteTHE standoff at a coastal village here continued even as Philippine President Benigno Aquino warned the Sultan of Sulu not to test the patience of Malaysian authorities.
ReplyDeleteAquino also cautioned the sultan that he would face the "full force of the law" unless he ordered his gunmen to withdraw from Kampung Tanduo immediately.
DeleteBut the little-known Sultan Jamalul Kiram III, however, remained defiant. The 74-year-old showed no signs of backing down.
DeleteHe called for a press conference at his home in a poor Muslim enclave in Manila, and insisted that the standoff would continue unless his demands were met. The group of about 180 intruders sailed from their southern Philippine island homes to stake their territorial claim on Sabah on Feb 12.
DeleteMalaysian forces had cordoned off Kampung Tanduo, where the armed intruders have hunkered down and are locked in negotiations for a peaceful resolution to the problem.
Delete"The avenue of peaceful and open dialogue is still available to us... we have not yet reached the point of no return, but we are fast approaching that point," Aquino said.
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DeleteNumerous deadlines had been set for the group to call off the impasse and leave peacefully, but they were ignored.
DeleteTo date, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein, Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman and Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar have stressed that they wanted to end the impasse without any bloodshed. This was echoed by Deputy IGP Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar, who visited the General Operations Force 17th Batallion at Felda Sahabat here yesterday.
Khalid hoped that the two-week impasse with the group, who call themselves the Royal Sulu Army, will end soon.
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DeleteHe, however, stressed that the Malaysian authorities would not allow any outsiders, including foreign parties, to meddle in the standoff because it remained an internal matter, which comes under the purview of the police.
DeleteElectricity and food supply into the village have also been cut off and police believe the group is surviving on food from the 15 houses, as well as from plantations in the surrounding area.
DeleteAFP reported that with the incident causing increasing embarrassment to the Philippine government, Aquino made a nationally-televised address to try to pressure the sultan into bringing his gunmen back home.
"If you choose not to cooperate, the full force of the laws of the state will be used to achieve justice for all who have been put in harm's way," Aquino said.
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Delete"This is a situation that cannot persist. If you are truly the leader of your people, you should be one with us in ordering your followers to return home peacefully."
DeleteAquino also warned the sultan that he may have broken laws, including one banning citizens from inciting war, that carries a maximum prison term of 12 years.
Delete"As far as we are concerned, we have not committed a crime," Jamalul said, adding that his followers would not initiate any violence with the Malaysian security forces.
Delete"But we are prepared to defend our lives and aspirations."
Jamalul said he was the head of the Islamic Sultanate of Sulu, which once controlled parts of Borneo, including the site of the stand-off, as well as southern Philippine islands.
DeleteThe sultanate leased northern Borneo to the Europeans in the 1870s. While the sultanate's authority gradually faded as Western colonial powers exerted their influence over the region, it continued to receive lease payments for Sabah.
DeleteThe former British colony became part of the Federation of Malaysia when it was formed in 1963. Jamalul and his family, as heirs to the sultanate, still receive nominal annual compensation from Malaysia, the equivalent of US$1,700 (RM5,100), and they want more money.
Jamalul said on Tuesday the gunmen would only lay down their arms if the Philippines and Malaysia agreed to negotiate terms for joint development of Sabah.
DeletePressed on details, Jamalul's adviser, Abraham Idjirani, said the sultanate should receive as royalties 50 per cent of proceeds from Sabah's economic growth, potentially many millions of dollars.
DeleteIn any way Datuk Musa did not have any business with that guy!
ReplyDeleteHe only find Datuk Musa when he is in trouble. he is not a nice guy!
DeletePresident Benigno Aquino III asked a royal Muslim clan leader in the southern Philippines to order his followers to withdraw as soon as possible from Malaysian land they claim as their own, warning Tuesday of legal action against them and potential trouble.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking on national television, Aquino told Sultan Jamalul Kiram III that his group of 180 followers led by his younger brother and including up to 30 armed men was risking a violent end to a two-week standoff by insisting on holding out. Kiram’s sultanate has been claiming the land in a coastal village in Lahad Datu district in Malaysia’s eastern Sabah state for nearly a century.
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Delete“We have not yet reached the point of no return, but we are fast approaching that point,” Aquino said, calling the action by Kiram’s followers a “foolhardy act” that was bound to fail.
Aquino’s remarks elevated the Sabah territorial issue, which has been a thorn in Philippine-Malaysian relations for decades, to a Philippine national security concern. The crisis erupted at a crucial stage of peace negotiations — brokered by Malaysia — between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, the largest Muslim rebel group in the southern Philippines.
DeleteKiram’s followers secretly traveled by boat early this month to Lahad Datu, where he said many of their Filipino relatives had resettled for years, to fortify his clan’s claims on Sabah. It is a resource-rich Malaysian region where many mostly Muslim Filipinos have relocated in search of jobs and opportunities and to escape poverty and the decades-long Muslim rebellion in the southern Philippines.
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DeleteMalaysia regards them as armed intruders and ordered them to immediately leave or face eviction. Malaysian police have surrounded Kiram’s followers in Lahad Datu and gave them until late Tuesday to leave, suggesting they would be forcibly removed.
Aquino said that Kiram and his followers would be investigated, along with possible collaborators, suggesting the incident may have been an act to undermine the Philippine government. He warned Kiram and his followers of possible legal action if they continued to defy orders to withdraw from Lahad Datu.
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Delete“If you choose not to cooperate, the full force of the laws of the state will be used to achieve justice for all who have been put in harm’s way,” Aquino said.
Philippine and Malaysian authorities have said that the group’s demands should be addressed through diplomatic channels.
DeleteThe Philippines notified Malaysia over the weekend that it has deployed a navy ship, which would stay off Lahad Datu while talks to persuade the Filipinos to return home continue. The ship departed Sunday night with an entourage including social workers and medical personnel.
DeletePolis bersedia untuk menamatkan pencerobohan yang melibatkan kumpulan Sulu di kampung Tandou, kira-kira 165 kilometer dari sini, apabila penceroboh bersenjata pada saat akhir tidak mempedulikan cubaan pihak berkuasa Malaysia dan Filipina untuk membawa mereka meninggalkan Sabah dengan aman.
ReplyDeleteAkhirnya ada yang mati akibat pencerobohan di LD. Inilah kesannya kalau kena suruh balik tak juga mahu balik. Adui sampai bila lah kesultanan sulu ni terima kenyataan Sabah ni bukan mereka punya.
DeleteInfo dari sumber yang boleh dipercayai esok, akan ada 1 Batalion lagi PGA ke Lahad Datu,untuk mempertahankan negara. Jadi mereka yang sanggup menggadaikan nyawa demi untuk tanah air bukan mereka yg hanya tahu bercakap dusta dan fitnah macam pembangkang. Jadi, nilailah pemimpin yg buat tuduhan sebelum ini...layak kah mereka disokong.
Deletekadang-kadang ada pihak yang sengan mensensasikan isu seperti isu amalilio ini untuk mengamil kesempatan bagi mencari populariti.
ReplyDeletesebarang isu yang berlaku biarlah pihak berkuasa atau pihak yang berkaitan menyelesaikannya. tidak perlu timbulkan sebarang spekulasi yang memberi kesan negatif.
ReplyDeleteThey went there because they wanted to go back to their homeland Sabah, which is part of the Sultanate of Sulu. However, they were rounded up by the Malaysian security forces because close to 100 of them were armed
ReplyDeleteA ranking military official said MNLF chairman Nur Misuari orchestrated the standoff to attract the attention of the Philippine government and the international community.
ReplyDeleteIt has something to do with Misuari’s continuing claim of Sabah being part of the Philippines. Misuari just wants to show off.
ReplyDeleteThe MNLF may have forged a peace agreement with the government but Misuari has not given up on his claim of Sabah
ReplyDeleteMisuari attempted to seek refuge in Sabah after his men launched attacks in Zamboanga City.
ReplyDeleteBut always the Malaysian government turned him over to the Philippine government
ReplyDeleteThat is why Misuari would always be bitter against Malaysia
ReplyDeleteForeign affairs officials said they were informed by Malaysian Foreign Minister Anifah Aman of the ongoing negotiations with the armed men, who identified themselves as members of the royal army of the Sultanate of Sulu.
ReplyDeletedeputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said they were still verifying information regarding the standoff.
ReplyDeleteShe said that contrary to allegations by Malaysian authorities, the Filipinos were not armed based on information from the Department of National Defense.
DeleteBelum selesai satu hal, timbul lagi satu hal. Kadangkala saya terfikir juga sampai bila masalah ini akan berterusan?
ReplyDeleteBgai saya hal ini akan terus berlarutan sebab ada pihak yang sengaja mahu burukkan nama Musa. Jadi nda hairanlah.
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