Suluk cannot claim Sabah

KOTA KINABALU: Controversial Suluk leader Datu Mohd Akjan Ali Muhammad has called on members of the community not to give any assistance to the Sulu gunmen currently involved in a standoff with Malaysian security forces.

Akjan, who also claims to be the rightful heir to the Sulu sultanate, said the Suluk community in Sabah should pledge their loyalty to Malaysia and no other country.

Calling on the remaining Sulu gunmen to lay down their arms and surrender unconditionally, he said their persistence would only prolong the trouble.

Invasions of Sulu in Sabah

News on the star online published on 14 Feb 2013 written by Mazwin Nik Anis and Muguntan Vanar.

Police doing security check at Lahad Datu

PAPAR: Malaysian police are in the midst of negotiating with the group of armed Filipino men holed up in Lahad Datu to get them to leave peacefully to prevent any bloodshed.

"The government is choosing to handle the issue through negotiation and to get the group to leave peacefully to prevent bloodshed," said Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

"We have surrounded the area and our police and armed forces have the ability to handle the matter, said Najib who said he had been briefed by the Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar and Sabah Police chief Datuk Hamza Taib on the matter.