BONGAO, Tawi-Tawi – Two wooden launches arrived at dawn earlier today from Sabah, Malaysia carrying over 400 passengers, mostly women and children, the Governor Sadikul Sahali reported.
Governer Sahali said that the two motor launches also contained the refugees' appliances, furniture, and foodstuffs like rice, noodles and canned goods.
The governor said that most of the passengers of the boats were women and their children.
“I was told that most of the passengers were women and their children, since their husbands had to be left behind so as not to be arrested by the Malaysian navy,” Sahali said.
He said that there are reports that the Malaysian police are arresting Filipino Muslim men who were found returning to the province, accusing them of conspiring with the Royal Army of the Sultanate of Sulu.
Once arrested, the Malaysian police would allegedly start beating them with a “rattan pole stick” until parts of their body bled.
He also reported that the Malaysian authorities are now allegedly preventing Filipino Muslim children from attending their schools in Sabah, and are asking them to go home to the Philippines.
According to the governor, this is the reason why the children, together with their parents, left Sabah and arrived in Tawi-Tawi earlier today.
The refugees said that they had to leave Sabah or risk being imprisoned by the Malaysian government.
Sahali said that his province continues to receive refugees from Sabah and expressed fear that the availability of food in the province might not be enough in the coming days.
He said that this projection is likely to happen because the province is dependent on imports from Malaysia for major foodstuffs like rice, noodles, and canned goods.
Now that the Malaysian government has imposed an embargo on Muslim Filipinos trading with them, prices of all commodities that are imported from Malaysia that are sold in the province has increased tremendously, he said.
He added that the food situation in the province has given traders no other option but to secure their food supplies in Zamboanga City to feed the people in the province.
By: Nonoy Lacson
Tidak ada sebarang kompromi untuk membawa pulang pengganas Sulu sebelum tindakan perundangan sewajarnya diambil ke atas mereka, tegas Menteri Pertahanan, Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
ReplyDeleteBeliau berkata, pihaknya mahu setiap penceroboh terbabit ditangkap dan tidak terlepas daripada kepungan pasukan keselamatan negara kerana tindakan dilakukan mereka melampaui batas dan tidak berperikemanusiaan.
"Saya mahu tidak ada seorang pun di kalangan mereka harus dilepaskan. Kita tidak mahu mereka terlepas daripada kepungan kita dan kita mahu penceroboh militan ini sama ada ditembak mati atau ditangkap hidup-hidup.
ReplyDelete"Kita bicarakan mereka ikut undang-undang Malaysia...tidak ada kompromi untuk membawa mereka pulang ke Filipina," katanya
Malacañang sebelum ini berkata Presiden Aquino akan memaklumkan kepada Perdana Menteri Malaysia Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak mengenai konspirasi di sebalik serangan Sabah serta identiti "ringleaders."
ReplyDeleteBeliau juga berkata bahawa dari awal-awal lagi, kerajaan Filipina telah berusaha untuk menghindari pertumpahan darah di Sabah dan meminta Kirams dan pengikut mereka kembali dan membincangkan tuntutan mereka secara aman.
ReplyDeletePresiden Filipina juga mempersoalkan keupayaan kewangan Kirams dan pengikut mereka untuk pergi ke Lahad Datu dengan senjata api dan peruntukan.
ReplyDeleteSebelum ini, The Palace telah mendedahkan bahawa pengikut-pengikut Kiram telah dijanjikan US600 setiap seorang untuk menceroboh negeri Sabah.
ReplyDeleteStatus kewangan Kiram yang didedahkan:
ReplyDelete-Apa yang rakyat perlu tahu hari ini ialah, baik Sultan Sebenar atau Sultan Palsu, semuanya tak berduit untuk menghantar beratus orang penceroboh memasuki Sabah, membeli M16, pelancar roket dan beli bot laju dan sebagainya.
STATUS KEWANGAN KIRAM YG DIDEDAHKAN:
ReplyDelete-Apa yang rakyat perlu tahu hari ini ialah, baik Sultan Sebenar atau Sultan Palsu, semuanya tak berduit untuk menghantar beratus orang penceroboh memasuki Sabah, membeli M16, pelancar roket dan beli bot laju dan sebagainya.
Dari mana datangnya dana yang menampung pembelanjaan menghantar penceroboh masuk ke Sabah.
DeleteSTATUS KEWANGAN KIRAM YG DIDEDAHKAN:
ReplyDelete-Bagaimana secara tiba-tiba menjelang pilihanraya dan selepas pertemuan Anwar Ibrahim dengan Nur Misuari serta pertemuan Jefrry Kitingan dengan Raja Muda Sulu Palsu, pihak Kesultanan Sulu Palsu ini mampu membentuk sebuah pasukan tentera sedangkan dulunya mereka beli uniformpun tidak mampu.
Pihak berkuasa Filipina juga sedang mengkaji kemungkinan bahawa serangan Sabah bertujuan bukan hanya untuk mendapat publisiti tetapi juga untuk memalukan kedua-dua kerajaan Filipina dan Malaysia.
ReplyDeleteDiharapkan peristiwa ini tidak akan menjejaskan hubungan baik antara kedua Negara.
Deletekalau semua filipina balik lagi bgs
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