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12 March 2013| last updated at 04:11PM - NSTP

LAHAD DATU: 1 Msian soldier killed

LAHAD DATU: More casualty on the Malaysian side with a soldier killed while conducting the Ops Daulat today.

Malaysian Armed Forces chief General Tan Sri Zulkifeli Mohd Zain confirmed the death.
He said the soldier was killed during a fire-fight in Kampung Nyamuk here at 7.45am.
According to Harian Metro, three terrorists were also killed during the shoot-out.

Read more: LAHAD DATU: 1 Msian soldier killed - Latest - New Straits Times

we shall never forget this for life!

12 March 2013| last updated at 11:57AM - NSTP

EXCLUSIVE FROM LAHAD DATU: 

'My comrades were slaughtered'

GUNFIGHT: Cop recounts the moment Sulu terrorists killed his colleagues in Kampung Simunul on March 2

   AS the main assaulters in the police raiding team outside the terrorists hideout were hit by  bullets, *Adam, *Amir and the other operatives behind them pulled back and dove for cover. The enemy had a clear field of fire and the police team was exposed.

Just seconds after the terrorists opened fire, the area where the terrorists were located exploded in a volley of fresh fire as more enemy combatants lit up the police assault team. The police laid down suppressive fire to give their men a chance to get behind cover.

Many leapt into the door-less houses that lined the walkway; these would be their foxholes for the next 24 hours, at least. Adam and Amir were among those who escaped the complex maze. They dialled up their combat net (command centre) and called for backup.

Recalling that moment, Adam said as he moved further from the house, turning his head every now and then, he saw the terrorists exit the house to pull his comrades who were lying in pools of their own blood outside the door, closer in.

"One of our men who was shot at the door retreated but fell into the water below. Somehow, he managed to call the operations centre.

"He was telling command about the ambush and that he had been shot. The terrorists must have heard him. We found his bullet-riddled body a few metres from where he fell," Adam said.

This was the only time throughout our conversation that Adam was overcome with emotion.

"Then there was a lull in the fighting. I looked back and this was when I saw the terrorists striking my brothers with their barong (a knife resembling a cleaver used in the Philippines) repeatedly.

"They were already badly wounded. I did not hear any sound coming from them as they were being hacked," the officer, not more than 30, said. He let his voice trail off until he was barely audible.

Heavy gunfire resumed, this time coming from all directions. *Musa, who was peering through the cracks with one eye cocked on the four men he had in custody in case they decided to jump him, was almost hit by two rounds that slammed through the window.

In less than a minute from when the first shot was fired, several terrorists began to advance and press on with their attack on the policemen.

The terrorists appeared to know the area well as they were believed to have entered the village about a week before.

Musa said as it was quite dark outside, he could not return fire for fear of hitting one of his own.
From where he was, he could see the atrocities that were being committed against his fallen comrades in the dimly-lit blue house.

His voice cracked as he told us: "If there is one thing I could erase from my memory, it is the sight of seeing my fellow brothers slaughtered by the terrorists.

"I saw one of my brothers, who had been shot and was barely alive, when one of the terrorists swung his barong at his neck. He was later shot in the mouth," Musa said, his voice cracking.

This was the same time that Inspector Mohd Hasnal, who was kneeling on the walkway after being shot, was being attacked by a barong-wielding terrorist.

Although he could not fight back, Hasnal shielded himself from the blows with his arms. By then, his fingers and forearm were almost severed. His attacker had also managed to strike him on his head and back.

*Ahmad, from his position, saw the whole thing and lit Hasnal's attacker up with his weapon. His trigger finger never relaxed as he fired off round after round, spent bullet casings coming out of his ejection port in a torrent of brass. He also killed another terrorist.

Ahmad unloaded an entire magazine clip on Hasnal's attacker before the terrorist fell into the boat below. Police later found amulets around the terrorist's waist. He and the rest of the terrorists did not have body armour or ballistic protection.

It was then that Hasnal got up to take cover. As luck would have it, he chose the path that led to the house Ahmad was in. Seeing him approach, Ahmad dived into the narrow corridor and pushed Hasnal into the house Musa was in.

Superintendent Ibrahim Lebar, who had just been shot a few metres away, was a few steps behind Hasnal. However, he came face to face with a terrorist who had turned into the corridor. The terrorist shot at him and attacked him with a barong.

Ahmad, who had heard the shot from inside the house, shot at the terrorist, who managed to run away.
Ibrahim died in the corridor.

Having seen the kind of butchers the Suluk terrorists were, Ahmad was determined to keep his superior's body intact. He dragged his body in.

As the night fell silent

The next 24 hours was a living hell for Musa and the rest of the men trapped at the village. Although the night had became still since the final rounds were fired, they were hunkered down within the four walls of their concealed positions. They didn't know whom they could trust.

With one hand on his weapon and pointing it at the four suspects, and the other trying to stem the flow of blood from Hasnal's wounds, Musa's eyes darted around the house. He didn't know where the terrorists would breach his position, where they were going to come in from. They could come in through the kitchen door or the open window he was facing. He prayed hard for a rescue team to come soon.

"I had to urinate in my pants and a piece of cloth, because if the terrorists heard the sound of water dripping, we were all dead.
"Occasionally, I would wake Hasnal up to make sure he was still alive."

Musa had found a water container that the occupants of the house had used to catch water leaking from the roof. It was full of unidentifiable particles and lizard droppings.

"I drank it and gave Hasnal some. That was the same water that I used to clean off the blood on his face."
He said that while his phone battery had long died, he had to remove Hasnal's phone battery as he was unsure of how to switch it off. He couldn't risk the terrorists tracing them. The four suspects had been patted down before the ambush and had had their phones seized.

The rescue operation

The sound of the wooden walkway creaking at 5pm the next day jolted an exhausted Musa.

Heavy footsteps advancing towards him followed. He peeked through the cracks and saw scores of VAT 69 commandos in full tactical assault gear scouring the area. He grabbed the reflective vest he had hidden throughout the night and hung it by the window, to indicate his position to the rescuers.

Earlier, before his mission was launched, the entire team had agreed on a set of pro words, hand signals and gestures to convey information efficiently.

As agreed during the briefing at the headquarters, in case anything were to go wrong, Musa would lie still on his back.

This would enable the rescue team to immediately identify him as a friendly.

The commandos stormed into the house and as per procedure, he gave them a brief report. They then secured and took with them all the weapons in the room, including his.

"I somewhat felt like a prisoner when my weapon was taken away.

"Then, the commandos shouted 'Secured!' and said that they would come back for me," he said.

Inspector Hasnal was immediately taken away by two of the commandos out of the hostile area. "It was the greatest relief for me when Hasnal was brought out alive.

"He had fought hard for his life and it was not in vain."

The blue house from where the first volley of fire had come from in Kampung Simunul on March 2. 

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ANGER AND SADNESS!!! - NSTP

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08 March 2013| last updated at 10:11AM


ANGER AND SADNESS: VAT 69 commandos relive the nightmare of seeing their comrades get killed


LAHAD DATU: It was 3am and  pitch dark on the  heavily fortified beach we were on after a long, eventful day.

The previous day, security forces  had launched a massive attack on Kampung Tanduo where terrorists from Sulu had been holed up since  Feb 12.

The fear was that they could have  broken through the security cordon and entered nearby villages.

Most of the security  personnel  around us had their eyes glued to their night vision binoculars  sweeping the waters ahead and the vast area behind us.

Our discussion on what we were planning to do later in the morning was interrupted by a security personnel who walked up from behind  unnoticed.

We stood up and turned his way, answering his “salam” that greeted  us.

The personnel, whom from then on we addressed as “Abang” asked us what we were doing there.

Our conversation revealed what many had wanted to know about what had happened on March 1, when the country was rocked by  news that two security personnel he referred to as “brothers”, were killed by the terrorists in an ambush.

Before us stood the commando  who was tasked with maintaining  the security cordon around Kampung Tanduo under Ops Sulu (now  codenamed Ops Daulat).

Initially, it seemed impossible to get Abang, whose face was weather-beaten and weary, to open up to us. He was not convinced we were  journalists until we showed him our press credentials.

It was clear to us then that as  much as he didn’t want to, as he had no authority to talk to civilians,  he wanted to defend his fellow comrades who had been accused  by some quarters as being part of a  staged “drama”.

Abang was one of roughly 40 VAT 69 commandos deployed in the first of three front lines to tighten  the security cordon.

VAT 69 is the main force. The second line is the police elite strike force, followed by the general operations force.

That morning, in a six-layer “U” formation, the VAT 69 team started  inching closer into the terrorists’  hideout in the village that was located several hundred metres from  the shore. Metres ahead of them  was an incline.

As they moved further in, personnel in the first line, which included fallen heroes Assistant Su perintendent Zulkifli Mamat, 29, and Sergeant Sabarudin Daud, 46, stopped in their tracks.

All personnel behind them, also stopped. They were suddenly face to face with several terrorists who had been hiding in a chest-deep ditch which was camouflaged with dried palm leaves.

“They all suddenly stood up and both sides had weapons trained at each other. Our brothers in front  were training their M-16s down at the terrorists... there were several  seconds of silence.

“We had instructions not to shoot  on sight as our mission was to seek and capture.

“During this stand-off, which  lasted a few seconds, we noticed more of them behind a slope, just behind the ditch.

“It was in that few seconds when their snipers from the slope shot our two brothers in the head,” he said, anger and sadness evident in his eyes.

Heavy exchange of gunfire ensued, and the commandos killed 12  terrorists.

Abang said when the shooting stopped, his team did not pursue the terrorists as they were uncertain of the enemies’ strength and numbers.

“I saw it all from where I was. I saw a glimpse of his face as he fell  back after being hit... it killed me,” he said, referring to one of his men who was shot. Abang then turned  and walked away.

As we, too, turned to walk back to  our base, we were approached by another personnel who had earlier passed us by as we were talking to Abang.

This VAT 69 commando, who  wanted to be identified only as Agus, was also part of Abang’s  team.

Pointing towards Abang, who by then had almost disappeared into the night, Agus said: “He’s very  affected by Tuan Zulkifli’s death. He saw him being shot in the head. He could not do anything but continued shooting at the enemy, even as Tuan Zulkifli’s lifeless body brushed against his leg after hitting the ground”.

Agus said the team had, for several mornings, been moving further into the village, setting up  camps as they advanced.

On that fateful morning’s mission, Agus was positioned in the  third row.

“When one of my brothers was shot in the leg during the shoot- out, my comrades in the fourth row pulled him further back.

“He was bleeding so heavily that I had to crouch to stop the bleeding with my left hand while I held my M-16 with my right hand, support ing the buttstock with my right  knee, for about half an hour.

“All this while the rest of us continued firing towards the ditch  and slope, until the enemy retreated,” he said.

At this point, another personnel who was standing close by joined us. His eyes were glistening with tears of anger when he told us how he felt with regard to the accusations that the Kampung Tanduo ambush was a political ploy. His demeanour changed.

It was difficult for both of us to hold back our emotions when this six-foot commando, whose face  was thick in grime, cried as he told us this: “It is something that will haunt you forever, seeing the lifeless bodies of your comrades mutilated. Imagine holding a family  member whose body had been mutilated, in your arms.

“One of them was my former squad member, who had a full life ahead of him,”  said the personnel  who was assigned to the water village in Kampung Seri Jaya,  Simunul in Semporna, to retrieve  the bodies of six personnel killed there during an ambush last Sat urday.

In the two separate ambushes, eight members of the security  forces were killed.

black ops

dont know why i want to paste this article.. seronok gak baca. kredit untuk penulis blog..
you can find it here ---> http://militaryofmalaysia.net/2013/01/black-ops-operasi-sabah-selamanya/#more-1579

BLACK OPS : OPERASI SABAH SELAMANYA

Posted on January 25, 2013

Gambar dari sahabat saya, juruforo Paskal iaitu Falihin, dari Dinding Straits Photography

NOTA PENULIS : Artikel ini ditulis untuk bangsa saya, untuk saudara-saudara kita di Sabah yang sedang hebat diracun dengan perpecahan ia juga ditulis untuk para pejuang Islam Melayu Moro dan pasukan komando kita yang sentiasa mendapat tempat di hati saya.
Ini merupakan kali pertama dalam sejarah, operasi penuh getir angkatan tentera kita yang tidak diketahui umum diceritakan penuh detail oleh saya, Shahpaskal (Google tak akan jumpa punya, hehehe).
Saya fikir sudah sampai masanya artikel ini ditulis, tambah lagi, saya lihat elemen-elemen untuk menghasut rakyat Sabah dan Sarawak semakin kencang bertiup dalam internet termasuk Facebook. Saya kesal kerana petualang-petualang ini masih berleluasa dan saya harap kerajaan bertindak sekeras-kerasnya terhadapa elemen ini.
Artikel ini juga ditulis untuk menyedarkan generasi muda Sabah punca-punca kepada suara-suara hasutan ini berarak dalam dunia siber dan banyak lagi pendedahan akan menyusul selepas ini, Insya Allah.
1. Apabila Persekutuan Tanah Melayu merdeka pada tahun 1957, dunia antarabangsa berkata sesama sendiri bahawa negara ini akan musnah dan terjerumus dalam konflik berdarah akibat rasnya terbahagi kepada tiga iaitu Melayu, Cina, India serta bumiputra yang lain.
2. Tidak ada negara dalam dunia yang akan kekal aman apabila kaum-kaum minoriti ini dari segi bilangan mengampiri jumlah kaum majoriti dan kuasa ekonomi pula dikuasai oleh bukan anak bangsa.

3. Sri Lanka juga merdeka dalam tempoh yang sama, negara pulau ini akan berjaya kerana masyarakatnya Sinhalese dan Tamil berkongsi jurai keturunan yang sama – itulah kata mereka (Sri Langka kemudian terjerumus dalam kancah perang perkauman selama berpuluh tahun)
4. Di Selatan Filiphina, bangsa Melayu yang dikenali sebagai orang Moro tersepit dan dijarah dengan penjajahan budaya serta agama.
5. Dihimpit dari pelbagai arah, akhirnya orang-orang Melayu Moro ini bangkit dengan kekuatan senjata, menentang ketidakadilan dan berjuang dengan titisan air mata dan darah untuk “survival” bangsa, budaya dan agama.
6. Pelbagai doktrin kejam dikenakan ke atas mereka tetapi akhirnya impian mereka menjadi nyata apabila kerajaan Filiphina dan MILF digandingkan oleh para pemimpin kita seperti Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak dan Menteri Pertahanan Datuk Seri Dr Zahid Hamidi bertemu untuk berdamai.
7. Berbalik kepada Persekutuan Tanah Melayu, akhirnya catur yang mereka (kuasa besar) mainkan gagal, dengan izin Allah, Persekutuan Tanah Melayu terus wujud aman dan negeri-negeri jiran yang berada di bawah naungan British, mahu masuk ke dalam persekutuan itu apabila dikhabarkan sebuah negara baru akan terbentuk iaitu MALAYSIA.
8. Minat Singapura, Brunei, Sarawak dan Sabah yang mahu memasuki Malaysia seolah-olah tidak dapat dipercayai oleh negara jiran lain seperti Filiphina dan Indonesia.
9. Sarawak, Sabah dan Brunei yang berada jauh dari kuasa pusat iaitu Kuala Lumpur seharusnya berada di bawah Indonesia ataupun Filiphina.
10.Sekarang dunia menggosok mata apabila akan muncul sebuah lagi negara baru, Filiphina dan Indonesia yang merupakan “key player” di rantau ini menjadi kelam kabut, laungan peperangan dan permusuhan mula dipalu dan menuduh bahawa Malaysia ini merupakan sebahagian dari permainan imperialis penjajah.
11.Indonesia yang mana presidennya sedang dipengaruhi komunis mula melancarkan konfrontasi.
12.Konfrontasi perang yang kononnya dibuat untuk menghalau penjajah Inggeris dari bumi Sarawak dan Sabah akhirnya ditumpukan pula ke atas orang-orang Melayu sendiri di Semenanjung Malaysia melalui pendaratan askar payung terjung Indonesia ke Labis, Johor tetapi mereka kesemua habis ditangkap atau dibunuh oleh askar-askar Melayu ketika itu.
13.Askar-askar Melayu yang sedang berkhidmat di bawah Pertubuhan Bangsa-bangsa Bersatu (PBB) di Kongo, Afrika terpaksa dipanggil balik ke tanahair untuk mempertahankan ibu pertiwi.
14.Secara amnya, kuasa tentera termasuk askar Melayu dan pasukan tentera British, Australia yang berada di Sarawak dan Sabah tidak mencukupi untuk mempertahankan negara baru ini dari serangan Indonesia yang ketika itu merupakan satu kuasa yang cukup besar di Asia Tenggara.
15.Dengan izin Allah sekali lagi, askar-askar Melayu ini berjaya menghalau kebanyakkan tentera Indonesia dan gerilanya, sejarah dunia mengiktiraf kejayaan askar-askar Melayu ini menewaskan Indonesia.
16.Presiden Soekarno akhirnya diguling dan Indonesia kemudian bergolak pada peringkat dalaman, pertumpahan darah terjadi di antara mereka, jutaan rakyat pro komunis kemudian diburu dan disembelih oleh pihak tentera dan rakyat yang pro kepada ABRI.
SABAH DENGAN CINTA TIGA SEGINYA
17.Indonesia sudah cedera parah dan hampir K.O.
18.Kini Filiphina mencuba nasib, apabila Indonesia melancarkan perang, Filiphina tidak
mengangkat muncung senjatanya ke arah Malaysia, Filiphina hanya berani memutuskan hubungan diplomatik.
19.Menjelang hujung 60an, askar-askar Inggeris yang berada di Sarawak dan Sabah juga sudah beransur kurang dan negara baru Malaysia pula sedang bergelut dengan ancaman komunis termasuk di kawasan sempadan Kalimantan.
20.Filiphina tahu bahawa sejarah Sabah mempunyai kaitan dengan Kesultanan Sulu.
21.Negara itu berada dibawah seorang presiden yang berkaliber dan bercita-cita tinggi iaitu
Ferdinand Marcos.
22.Beliau mahu mendapatkan Sabah yang kaya dengan pembalakkan tetapi kekurangan
kekuatan angkatan tenteranya merupakan faktor penghalang.
23.Dengan mengambil kira kelemahan Angkatan Tentera Malaysia (ATM) serta kedudukan Kuala Lumpur yang agak jauh, pihak presiden merangka satu operasi sulit yang paling rahsia dalam sejarah Filiphina.

Saya di seat paling belakang semasa mendengar taklimat dari Pengerusi MILF Murad Ibrahim di PWTC baru-baru ini, sempat juga saya jumpa beliau dan tanya-tanya sikit soalan pasal Operasi Merdeka

Pengerusi MILF Murad Ibrahim (gambar ehsan dari Google)

OPERASI MERDEKA : SABAH HARUS DIRAMPAS
24.Misi rahsia ini diberi gelar kod sebagai “OPERASI MERDEKA”.
25.Marcos kemudian memujuk seramai 300 pemuda dari anak bangsa Melayu Moro untuk dilatih sebagai pasukan khas dan akan melaksanakan tugas-tugas sabotaj serta clandestine di Sabah termasuk dengan tujuan untuk menyemarakkan api permusuhan di antara rakyat Sabah ke atas kerajaan persekutuan di Kuala Lumpur.
26.Mereka semua dilatih di sebuah kem khas di Pulau Corregidor, Filiphina dan Marcos menyangka para anak bangsa Melayu Moro ini akan gelap mata dengan kisah-kisah dogeng bahawa kegemilangan kesultanan bangsa mereka akan berjaya ditegakkan di Sabah.
27.Siang malam para pemuda ini dilatih dan pemikiran mereka didoktrinkan dengan kebencian ke atas Malaysia serta kegemilangan bangsa Melayu Moro jika Sabah berjaya ditawan.
28.Sehinggalah pada satu malam…………
29.Segalanya terjadi dengan izin Allah, yang mengasihani kita semua dan mahu memelihara negara ini dari segala api kebencian kerana sudah tertulis, negara ini akan muncul untuk membantu banyak bangsa dan umat Islam yang teranianya dari Bosnia sampailah ke Rohingya, sudah tertulis bahawa tanah-tanah milik Melayu ini akan memberi perlindungan kepada mereka yang dizalimi (kisahnya saya akan tulis pada masa hadapan, Insya Allah).
30.Para pejuang ini menyedari bahawa ada sesuatu yang tidak kena apabila memikirkan tidak ada satu titis noda dosa pun yang ditimpakan oleh para saudara mereka di Sabah, khususnya Malaysia ke atas orang-orang Melayu Moro ini.
31.Mengapa perlu sebab mereka menentang dan membunuh saudara-saudara Islam dan sebangsa mereka di negara baru ini iaitu Malaysia.
32.Mereka kemudian nekad untuk balik ke kampung halaman masing-masing di Mindanao walaupun mendapat tentangan dari jurulatih dan komander Filiphina mereka.
33.Pasukan komando dan tentera Filiphina kemudian memburu mereka, dengan senjata terhunus, peluru-peluru tidak bermata ini menembusi tubuh-tubuh pejuang bangsa Moro tadi, gugurlah mereka syahid di tanahair sendiri.
34.Hujan turun lebat pada malam itu, membawa aliran darah yang tersimbah untuk mencuci bumi dan menghilangkan tangisan air mata dari para pejuang yang tidak putus-putus menyebut kalimah “La Ilah Ha Il Allah” di saat-saat menahan peri penderitaan dan kesakitan akibat tubuh dan nyawa yang sedang nazak untuk ditarik Malaikat Maut.
35.Akhirnya 299 pejuang yang berani itu gugur syahid dalam peristiwa hitam yang dikenali
sebagai “Pembunuhan beramai-ramai Jabidah” yang berlaku pada tahun 1968.

Pejuang Moro, adakah anda tahu bahawa sayap pertempuran dan politik mereka ditubuhkan di bumi Malaysia???

36.Musuh-musuh dan para pembunuh ini fikir mereka mungkin mampu menyembunyikan dosa hitam mereka tetapi mereka tidak menyedari, seorang dari mangsa pembunuhan berama-ramai ini berjaya menyelamatkan diri dalam keadaan cedera parah untuk balik ke kampungnya.
37.Habis dipanggil seluruh kampung dan masyarakat serta orang-orang tua, para ustaz dan ulamak bangsa Melayu Moro berkenaan untuk mengetahui pembunuhan dan sembelihan beramai-ramai 299 pejuang mereka yang ditipu oleh tentera Marcos.
38.Akibat dari kejadian ini, masyarakat Islam dan Melayu Moro bangkit dengan sejata dan
pada zaman itu, Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) ditubuhkan di lokasi yang dirahsiakan di Malaysia.
39.MNLF kemudian diganti dengan Moro National Liberation Front (MILF).
MALAYSIA STRIKES BACK
40.Tahun 1981, Tun Mahathir Mohamad mula berkuasa sebagai Perdana Menteri Malaysia menggantikan Allahyarham Tun Hussein yang meletak jawatan.
41.Tun tahu bahawa para pejuang Moro ini sudah lama meminta bantuan Malaysia dan Tun tahu, Tun Abdul Razak (ayah Najib) sudah menjalinkan hubungan yang istimewa dengan para pejuang Moro ini.
42.Tidak ada tempat lain untuk para pejuang yang teranianya ini untuk mengadu nasib dan meminta perlindungan, latihan serta senjata kecuali kepada saudara-saudara mereka yang berada dalam Malaysia ini.
43.Bantuan yang dihulurkan oleh kerajaan Malaysia terus diberi tetapi harus dirahsiakan kerana ini akan menjejaskan hubungan diplomatik di antara Kuala Lumpur dengan Manila malah jika ia bocor, ia akan memberikan imej yang kurang menyenangkan mengenai negara ini di mata dunia.
44.Rakyat tidak ramai yang mengetahui kisah ini dan saya seringkali merasa sedih kerana ramai rakyat mudah memperlekehkan pemimpin sendiri, negara sendiri dan angkatan tentera kita.
45.Di bawah Mahathir, hubungan kerajaan Malaysia diteruskan untuk membantu para pejuang Moro dan pada malam dingin, bot-bot laju milik komando Malaysia bergerak membelah ombak dan mengharungi pekat malam dengan berpandukan bintang di langit untuk menghantar bekalan senjata dan peluru kepada saudara-saudara mereka di Mindanao dan pulau-pulau di sekitarnya.
46.Para pejuang dan para komander mereka di bawa balik ke Semenanjung Malaysia untuk dilatih di kem-kem rahsia milik tentera dengan taktik peperangan gerila yang baru sahaja membantu Angkatan Tentera Malaysia (ATM) menundukkan ancaman pengganas komunis.
47.Ya saudara-saudara, Amerika Syarikat (AS), Peranchis dan banyak lagi negara tersungkur di bawah kaki komunis, tetapi Malaysia, kita menjadi satu-satunya negara yang berjaya menewaskan para petualang tanahair ini.
48.Anak isteri tidak tahu ke mana suami-suami mereka bermalam, ayah dan ibu tidak tahu ke mana anak-anak mereka ini bermain sebagai anggota tentera.
49.Para komando ini tahu, jika tertangkap, mayat mereka akan berkubur di laut atau ditanam di tanah bumi asing tanpa sebarang kibaran bendera, tanpa sebarang tanda kecuali tangisan isteri dan anak-anak yang bakal kehilangan suami serta bapa-bapa mereka dengan alasan yang mampu diterima akal.
50.Amanah negara harus dipegang….saudara Islam yang teranianya harus dibantu.
51.Tun juga tahu dari maklumat yang disampaikan oleh para pejuang Islam Melayu Moro ini, bahawa Filiphina masih mahu menuntut Sabah dan mempunyai bukti serta dokumen-dokumen yang kukuh untuk mendapatkan Sabah hasil dokumentasi yang diperolehi apabila kesultanan Sulu berjanji dengan Syarikat Hindia Timur dulu.
OPERASI SABAH SELAMANYA
52.Tun Mahathir kemudian memanggil komander-komander komando ini untuk memberikan amanat penting demi untuk menyelamat negara dari terjebak ke dalam satu kancah yang akan memberikan impak besar kepada penubuhan Malaysia.
51.Perdana Menteri itu sudah mendapat tahu dokumen mengenai Sabah dari Kesultanan Sulu wujud dan ia perlu diambil, apa sekali pun, operasi itu dikenali sebagai OPERASI SABAH SELAMANYA

Agak-agaknya macam inilah tujuh komando tu buat operasi (gambar ehsan dari para kroni saya di forum Panggilan Pertiwi)

Tujuh lelaki Melayu yang paling berani…(gambar hiasan je, gambar dari sahabat saya Falihin, Dinding Straits Photography, member punya pasal, kenalah letak kredit)

52.Operatif-operatif dan agen rahsia Malaysia sudah pun berada di Manila untuk mencari dokumen tersebut dan melalui tawaran rasuah ratusan ribu dollar AS, dokumen tersebut yang tersimpan rapi dalam Istana Presiden iaitu Istana Malacanang, Manila berjaya di bawa keluar oleh para pengkhianat Filiphina.
53.Sekarang Tun Mahathir mengarahkan komando-komando ini untuk berjumpa dengan kontek dan membawa keluar dokumen tersebut dengan selamat.
54.Maka pasukan komando menghantar 7 orang anggota terbaik pada zaman itu ke Manila untuk membuat hubungan dan menyelamatkan dokumen tersebut, mereka semua sudah berlatih dalam model istana tiruan Malacanang yang dibina khas untuk tujuan penetrasi di Pahang.
55.Kehadiran komando ini dibuat melalui jalan laut dengan bantuan para pejuang Moro kerana kedatangan secara rasmi sebagai pelawat akan mendedahkan komplot tersebut.
56.Dokumen bertukar tangan tetapi tanpa disedari, malangnya, pasukan khas  Filiphina sebenarnya sudah mula menghidu rancangan rahsia ini.
57.Para komando Malaysia itu terperangkap.
58.Tujuh lelaki Melayu yang gagah berani terpaksa lawan puluhan mungkin ratusan  komando dan para pengawal Istana Presiden.
59.Peluru berganti…tembakan bertalu-talu dilepaskan…jerit pekik dan kekalutan berlaku,
trafik dari saluran keselamatan tentera Filiphina tiba-tiba menjadi kelam-kabut dan penuh aktiviti.
60.Pihak perisikan ATM yang memantau saluran radio tentera Filiphina mula berasa tidak kena, jantung mereka berdengup kencang kerana nasib negara bergantung kepada tujuh lelaki Melayu tadi.
61.Segala-galanya menjadi sengal, tiba-tiba keadaan yang pada mulanya berpihak kepada negara kita kini hampir berpusing 360 darjah apabila para komando Malaysia yang gagah berani ini terkepung.
62.Masa hadapan negara kita benar-benar “TERGANTUNG” dalam keadaan yang sangat bahaya dan kritikal jika para komando ini tertangkap.
63.Bekalan peluru yang sangat sedikit tidak memungkinkan para komando Melayu ini membuat perhitungan yang lebih jauh.
64.Dengan segenap tenaga yang ada dan dengan izin Allah juga, para komando kita berjaya menyelamat diri dan seterusnya membawa pulang dokumen yang sangat-sangat penting untuk kestabilan Malaysia.
65.Sebelas orang yang terdiri dari pengawal Istana Presiden dan komando Filiphina terkorban dalam insiden yang berlaku sekitar tahun 1980an itu.
SENGKETA YANG LAMA AKHIRNYA PUDAR
66.Kejayaan ini Malaysia menyelamatkan dirinya dari malu besar disambut secara kecil-kecilan dikalangan orang-orang kepercayaan pihak tentera dan Perdana Menteri.
67.Filiphina berterusan menuntut Sabah sehingga ke hari ini tetapi ibarat ayam berkokok,
kokoknya dipandang sinis, sehingga sekarang negara itu tetap menjalankan perang sarafnya tetapi ini episod lain yang akan saya cerita kemudian hari.
68.Ferdinand Marcos kemudian diguling rakyat selepas beliau terlibat dalam pembunuhan seorang ahli politik Filiphina iaitu Benigno Aquino dan beliau serta isterinya melarikan diri ke AS.
69.Presiden yang kejam itu akhirnya mati dalam buangan pada 28 September 1989 di Hawai, AS.
70.Segalanya hampir selesai, kini masalah Sabah sudah diselesaikan dan Filiphina pula terus dihantui oleh serangan siang malam para pejuang Islam Moro Filiphina.
71.Kerajaan Melayu Islam di Kuala Lumpur pula tidak pernah melupakan penderitaan saudara-saudara mereka di Mindanao, usaha damai dirintis malahan, kerajaan Malaysia tidak lokek untuk menghantar askar-askar ke Selatan Filiphina untuk memastikan kedamaian wujud, walaupun penghantaran ini tidak mendapat tajaan dari PBB.
72.Perdana Menteri kita Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak pula, beberapa kali mengarahkan Zahid Hamidi untuk bertemu dengan para pejuang dan juga kerajaan Filiphina untuk mengukir damai.
73.Sudah terlalu lama, umat Islam Moro ini menderita api peperangan dan penderitaan, beratus tahun mereka berjuang menentang penjajahan Sepanyol, kemudian AS dan pada sejarah moden, terpaksa menentang kerajaan sendiri yang menzalimi mereka dengan penganiayaan dan pembunuhan beramai-ramai.

Najib dan Presiden Filiphina tersenyum selepas melihat perjanjian damai Manila antara MILF dan kerajaan Filiphina

74.Akhirnya, melalui usaha kerajaan dan para pemimpin Melayu Malaysia, kedua-dua pihak yang sudah bertelagah lebih dari 30 tahun itu akhirnya duduk semeja menandatangani rangka perjanjian yang akan membawa pemerintahan berautonomi di Selatan Filiphina.
75.Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak bersama Presiden Filiphina Benigno Aquino III melihat perjanjian bersejarah itu termeterai pada 15 Okt 2012 di Manila.
76.Benigno Aquino III pula adalah anak kepada ahli politik yang telah dibunuh oleh Marcos yang saya ceritakan pada para ke 66 tadi.
77.Najib  tersenyum kesyukuran kerana bantuan yang mulakan oleh ayahnya dengan membenarkan para pejuang Moro membentuk MNLF di bumi Malaysia akhirnya terhasil.
78.Wilayah autonomi itu akan dikenali sebagai tanah BANGSAMORO.
79.Akhirnya ayat ini, mailah kita sedekahkan Al Fatihah kepada 299 pejuang Islam Moro yang syahid itu tadi serta kepada tujuh komando kita itu.
NOTA PENULIS : UNTUK MEMBACA TENTANG PENGALAMAN SAYA MELAWAT PARA PEJUANG BANGSA MORO INI, SILA LAH KLIK KAT SINI
UNTUK MEMBACA SIRI SIRI BLACK OPS BLOG SAYA, MAI LE KLIK KAT SINI DAN KALAU NAK TAU BLACK OPS GGK DI BOSNIA, MEH KLIK SINI HEHEHE…

tanah air ku..

Sources : thestar.com.my 

 

 

 

Published: Tuesday March 5, 2013 MYT 7:45:00 AM
Updated: Tuesday March 5, 2013 MYT 11:06:30 AM

Malaysian security forces in all out attack against Sulu gunmen

Malaysian military forces moving in against the Sulu gunmen at Kampung Tanduo in Lahad Datu on Tuesday. - Bernama

BREAKING NEWS
10.58am Media told it is a press briefing.IGP will not be fielding any questions.
10.50am: IGP arrives at Felda Residence hotel. Media prepares for press conference.
10.50am: Sabah's northern Kudat district is still safe from intruders and situation is under control. However, police are taking precautionary measures to ensure the safety of its officers and people there.
10.45am: In Kota Kinabalu Business is going on as usual although some supermarkets have run out of rice supply. City police remind people not to listen to rumours as 'they are all lies' and the situation here for the past few days had been under control with not a single incident related to the Lahad Datu case happening.
10.45am: Some 20 plantation workers are seen waiting at the road side at Felda Sahabat.They have been there after hearing explosions since 7am
10.40am:It was business as usual in Sandakan and police have told public not to listen to rumours and verify with police by calling 089 212 222
10.34am IGP and Sabah chief police have rescheduled their press conference from 9.30am to 11am now at Felda Sahabat residence where the media is waiting for word on what is happening on the ground in Tanduo.
10.20am Police forensic unit seen heading towards Felda Sahabat from Lahad Datu.
10.00am: In Tunku, the hospital is closed and a villager said a road block has been put up stopping people from entering town
9.50am: Many ambulances despatched from Tawau. Media personnel barred from entering Felda 16 area near Cenderawasih township.
9.45am: In Tanjung Labian community hall, about 300 villagers are asking for food as they have not received any since Monday night. They had fled Tanjung Batu after hearing reports of armed intruders.
8.30am: Military trucks were seen going in. Elite military and police squads were also on the ground and believed to be involved in the shootouts with the gunmen.
7.30am: At least six continuous explosions were heard and journalists at Sahabat 16 resort said the jets looped back flying low.
LAHAD DATU: Dawn attacks to flush out the remaining group of armed Sulu gunmen said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak Tuesday, in a short statement.
Early Tuesday morning, fighter jets began screaming low over the armed group cornered at the Tanduo village since Feb 9.
Continuous explosions are being heard as the police and army move in against the gunmen who are reportedly firing back.
The situation around Tanjung Labian, about 7km away from Tanduo village in Felda Village 17 was tense as more than 300 villagers huddled in a community hall kept hearing the explosions.
7.00am: Several fighter jets screamed over Tanduo village, followed by artillery fire

Published: Monday March 4, 2013 MYT 5:11:00 PM
Updated: Monday March 4, 2013 MYT 6:58:39 PM

Remains of two policemen killed in Semporna arrive in KL for burial

By FARIK ZOLKEPLI

PETALING JAYA: The bodies of Supt Ibrahim Lebar, 52, and L/Kpl Azrul Tukiran, 27, who were among six policemen killed in Semporna on Sunday arrived at the Royal Malaysian Air Force Base here.
The aircraft carrying the coffins of the officers touched down at about 6.35pm. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak led other police personnel in paying their last respects to the fallen heroes.
The six officers were killed during an ambush by Sulu gunmen on Saturday night.
Supt Ibrahim, a Bukit Aman Special Branch senior officer, from Besut, Terengganu, would be buried at the Muslim cemetery in USJ 20, Subang Jaya, Selangor after the Isyak prayers.
He is survived by his wife Rosiah Dahlan, 52, and three children aged 17 to 22.
L/Kpl Mohd Azrul, is the sixth among seven siblings. The The Klang-born GOF personnel will be taken to his parents' home in Jalan Teluk Kapas, Kampung Rantau Panjang Klang for burial at the Muslim cemetery in Kampung Panjang, Klang.
Semporna district police officer Asst Supt Michael Padel, 36, a Bidayuh from Serian, Sarawak is survived by his wife Jabah a/p Mingku. They have a year-old son.
ASP Michael's funeral will be held in his hometown in Kampung Bidayuh, Tebakang.
Meanwhile, the funeral for 49-year-old Sjn Baharin Hamit, 49, is expected to be held at Jalan Tuaran, Kota Kinabalu.
The police personnel from Alor Gajah, Malacca, leaves behind wife Sumati Suarah, 50 and two children aged 16 and 11.
Sjn Aziz Sarikon, 52, General Operations Force (GOF) personnel in Semporna, is survived by his wife Siti Banddorah Mahalil, 39 and four children aged seven to 18. He would be laid to rest in Samporna.
Kpl/S Salam Togiran, 42, from Sandakan, Sabah, was attached to the Tawau district police. He leaves behind wife Marlinah Utan and four children aged one-year to 16.
He would be buried at the Batu 15 Muslim Cemetery in Tawau.
Assistant Head of IGP secretariat (Public Relations) Asst Comm Ramli Mohd Yusoff said the six policemen were heroes in defending the country.
“They will always be cherished and remembered by all Malaysians.
“Our deepest condolences to the families of our fallen heroes,” he said.

Sunday March 3, 2013

General Operations Force driver: It was my toughest assignment

LAHAD DATU: As a driver for the police General Operations Force (GOF) Kpl Awang Suradi Awang Wang was used to transporting anything from supplies to corpses.
But the toughest assignment yet for this 15-year GOF veteran was when he had to ferry the bodies of two GOF VAT69 commandos Insp Zulkifli Mamat and Kpl Sabaruddin Daud who were killed in a skirmish with the armed Sulu group at Kampung Tanduo on Friday.
Three other VAT 69 commandos were injured in the clash that began when the Sulu gunmen fired at Insp Zulkifli's team that was part of the tight security cordon around the seaside village some 160km from this east coast town.
“My heart sank when I heard there were casualties and then the order came to me to drive the bodies out,” said Kpl Awang Suradi when met at the GOF's sub tactical headquarters about 3km from Kampung Tanduo yesterday.
He drove a Land Rover to a pick-up point 1km away and upon seeing Zulkifli and Sabarudin's bodies, he quietly recited the Al-Fatihah and together with several GOF personnel, loaded the bodies onto the four-wheel drive vehicle.
The destination was the Tunku district hospital.
During the 45-minute drive, Kpl Awang Suradi felt a burning anger towards the Sulu gunmen.
“They were attacked unprovoked. I just felt I wanted to avenge their deaths,” said the father of five, adding that he also felt pain for the families of the slain men.

Published: Saturday March 2, 2013 MYT 6:54:00 PM
Updated: Sunday March 3, 2013 MYT 10:25:10 AM

PM: Gunmen used white flag to lure commandos and opened fire

PETALING JAYA: The armed intruders in Sabah had used a white flag as a ruse to open fire on Malaysian police commandos on Friday in Kampung Tanduo, 130km from Lahad Datu, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak on Saturday.
He said he learned this from one of the VAT 69 police commandos, and described it a cowardly act.
"The two slain commandos had seen the white flag and did not think that there would be other intruders waiting to open fire on them.
"I do not rule out the possibility that it was a trap by the intruders. If they had resorted to such a tactic, it was a act of cowards," he told reporters after paying his last respects to the two slain commandos - Insp Zulkifli Mamat, 29, and Cpl Sabarudin Daud, 46 - at the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) base in Subang near here.
The Raja Permaisuri Agong, Tuanku Hajah Haminah, was also at the base and spent some time with the families of Zulkifli and Sabarudin and handed over a personal donation to them.
The white flag is an internationally recognised protective sign of truce or ceasefire, and request for negotiation.
The Charlie 130 aircraft carrying the bodies of the two slain commandos flew in from Tawau at 12.30 pm.
Also present at the base were the prime minister's wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor; Deputy Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar; Chief Secretary to the Government Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Hamsa and several Cabinet ministers.
The bodies were taken by the respective families for burial in their villages.
Zulkifli's body was flown in an RMAF CN235 aircraft from Subang to the RMAF base in Gong Kedak, Kelantan, for burial in Kampung Kubang Ikan, Besut, Terengganu.
Zulkifli's widow, Noraziah Noor, and their two sons, aged four and one, accompanied the remains.
Sabarudin's body was taken to his village in Sungai Lias, Sungai Besar, Sabak Bernam, Selangor. His widow, Nurunisa Abu Bakar, and their three children, two sons and a daughter, accompanied the remains.
In LAHAD DATU, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar dismissed a foreign media report that 10 of the intruders surrendered to the security forces Friday.
The intruders had attempted to get out of Kampung Tanduo but stumbled upon the security forces and opened fire, triggering the shootout, he told reporters when he visited General Operations Force personnel at their base at Felda Sahabat 16.
ABS-CBN news online had on Friday quoted Philippine Foreign Affairs spokesman Raul Hernandez as saying that he was informed by the Malaysian Ambassador in the Philippines Mohammad Zamri Mohammad Kassim that 10 intruders of the group had surrendered.
Ismail praised the Malaysian police for their determination to continue to strive to resolve the intrusion by about 150 members of the self-proclaimed royal army of the Sultanate of Sulu in the Philippines. - Bernama

Published: Saturday March 2, 2013 MYT 5:40:00 PM

Lahad Datu: Chronology of events

KUALA LUMPUR: The following is the chronology of events pertaining to the intrusion into Lahad Datu, Sabah by an armed group from southern Philippines:
Feb 9 - The group enters Malaysian waters in a boat and begins to gather in stages at Felda Sahabat 17, Kampung Tanduo in Lahad Datu. Feb 11 - A gang from the group is discovered by a group of local fishermen at night. The fishermen lodge a police report that 100 armed men in army fatigues are putting up in Kampung Tandou.
Feb 12 - The group breaks into smaller groups to enter several locations in the village, namely Sungai Bakau village, village surau and the house of one Ahmad Malandi, also known as Mad Bon.
Feb 14 - Prime Minister Najib Razak says the Malaysian government will try its best, including negotiations, to handle the issue of intrusion before ousting them from the area. Inspector-general of police Ismail Omar says the police identify the group of Filipinos who landed on the shore of Lahad Datu as being linked to the 'Sulu Sultanate' from southern Philippines.
He says the group claims to be the 'Royal Army of the Sulu Sultanate' and they do not want their people of Sulu descent to be sent back to their country of origin.
Ismail says, negotiations with the armed group is still in progress to find the best solution, without bloodshed.
A report quotes a Philippine army personnel, who is a loyal follower of Sulu raja muda, Azzimudie Kiram, as saying the group has come at the invitation of a "Malaysian opposition" to discuss land issues in Sabah.
Feb 16 - Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein (centre in photo) confirms the group is not a militant or terrorist group but is in fact, strong supporter of the Sulu Sultanate and stresses the situation in Kampung Tanduo is under control.
The group, which wants to be known as the 'Royal Army of Sulu Sultanate', among others, is also claiming ownership of Sabah and wants the state to be returned as a territory of the Sulu Sultanate, claiming it was seized by the British from the Sulu Government.
Feb 18 - Hishammuddin says the governments of Malaysia and Philippines are working closely to resolve the conflict, through diplomacy and without bloodshed.
Feb 24 - The Philippine government sends a boat under humanitarian mission to ferry the 180 armed personnel, including 30 armed guards, holding up in Lahad Datu, Sabah since Feb 12. Feb 26 - The deadline to expel the group passes but negotiations are still in progress.
Feb 28 - The Malaysian government is urged to negotiate directly with sultan Jamalul Kiram III in Manila to end the conflict of seizing the area in Lahad Datu, Sabah which has prolonged for more than three weeks. The call is made by Jamalul's youngest brother, Agbimuddin Kiram, who stresses that only his brother can order the 180 Royal Army personnel to leave Felda Sahabat 17, Lahad Datu.
March 1 - a shootout breaks out between security forces and a small group of intruders when they try to break a police blockade in Kampung Tanduo, resulting in two police commandos dead and three others injured.
All 12 members of the small group of intruders are killed. - Bernama

Published: Friday March 1, 2013 MYT 10:56:00 PM
Updated: Friday March 1, 2013 MYT 11:14:37 PM

Lahad Datu: Bodies of slain commandos to arrive in Subang

KUALA LUMPUR: The bodies of the two police commandos, killed in the clash between Malaysian armed forces and Sulu gunmen in Lahad Datu, will arrive at Subang airport early Saturday morning, said Assistant Head of the IGP Secretariat (Public Relations) ACP Ramli Mohamed Yusof.
The two men - Insp Zulkifli Mamat, 29, dan Kpl Sabarudin Daud, 46 - had served in the Ulu Kinta camp in Perak.
Zulkifli, from Kampung Kubang Ikan, Besut, Terengganu, leaves behind wife Noraziah Noor and two sons aged four and one.
Sabarudin, from Sungai Besar, Sabak Bernam, leaves behind wife Nurunisa Abu Bakar, two sons and a daughter.
The three injured commandos are Kpl Mohd Tarmizi Hashim, 32, Kpl Azman Ampong, 39, and Konstabel Mohamad Qaiyum'aiqal Zolkifli, 22.
Ramli said Mohd Tarmizi had injuries to his hand and feet while Azman suffered injuries to his thigh and buttocks.
They are being treated at the Lahad Datu Hospital.
Meanwhile, Mohamad Qaiyum'aiqal who suffered injuries to his right shoulder and both legs was flown to Sandakan Hospital. Bernama

Published: Friday March 1, 2013 MYT 6:10:00 PM
Updated: Friday March 1, 2013 MYT 11:57:04 PM

Lahad Datu: PM confirms two commandos killed; regrets bloodshed

BY MAZWIN NIK ANIS, SIMON KHOO and MUGUNTAN VANAR

PEKAN: The Prime Minister has confirmed that two police personnel were killed and three others injured during the clash between Malaysian armed forces and Sulu gunmen in Tanduo village near Lahad Datu, Sabah.
Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the armed Philippino group had ventured 1.5km from their holed up area and opened fire at the Malaysian security forces.
"I am very sad over the incident because what we had wanted to prevent, which is bloodshed, had actually happened.
"Now there is no grace period for the group to leave.
“I have given the full mandate to the ground commanders, namely the Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar and the Armed Forces Chief Tan Sri Zulkefli Mohd Zin to take necessary action deemed necessary," he said.
Meanwhile, in Lahad Datu, Sabah police commissioner Datuk Hamza Taib told reporters that 12 Sulu gunmen were killed in the clash between Malaysian General Operations Force members and the gunmen.
The number of injured among the Sulu group is unknown.
At a 6pm press conference, Hamza said the skirmish began at 9.59am Friday and last ed 30 minutes after five elite GOF members moved to tighten the cordon around Tanduo village where the Sulu group of about 180 including 30 gunmen led by Raja Muda Azzimudie Kiram had been holed up since Feb 9.
``Our men stumbled upon several of the intruders who fired at them, forcing our police to return fire,'' he said, adding that security forces are now holding their ground around the radius of 10sq km.
He said police recovered some of the weapons of the Sulu group.

Published: Friday March 1, 2013 MYT 5:21:00 PM

Lahad Datu: Lull after the shootout

FELDA SAHABAT (LAHAD DATU) A lull is reported in the clash between Malaysian security forces and the Sulu armed group this afternoon after the exchange of gunfire in Tanduo village.
Although officially unconfirmed, the reported casualty tally remains at more then ten Sulu gunmen dead and four injured including its leader Rajah Mudah Azzimudie Kiram with two commandos of the General Operations Force dead and four injured.
Three of the GOF injured men have been airlifted to Lahad Datu hospital and another to the Duchess of Kent hospital in Sandakan.
Conflicting reports emerged from the ground that the GOF forces were holding their fire and their positions while there has been no word from Azzumudie who last talked with a radio station in Manila at about 11am confirming the fire fight and the group's casualties.
It is believed that apart from machine gunfire, mortars were used during the encounter though details of how the clash began remains unclear.
However, it appears that the Malaysian security forces were fired upon first by the Sulu gunmen.
On standby are also the Army units who were seen at various strategic locations along the road to Sahabat Felda 17 where the Sulu group have been holed up.
Journalists have been told to wait at a neighbouring Sahabat 16 resort for a police press conference scheduled for 5pm.

Published: Tuesday February 26, 2013 MYT 11:24:00 AM
Updated: Tuesday February 26, 2013 MYT 4:53:28 PM

Philippines' Aquino warns Sulu sultan over stand-off with Malaysia

Sitti Krishna Idjirami (left), sister of Jamalul Kiram III (centre), the 74-year-old Sultan of Sulu, and Crown Prince Bantillan Kiram (right) speaking at a press conference in Manila on February 26, 2013.

MANILA: Philippines President Benigno Aquino warned the Sulu sultan on Tuesday that he would face the "full force of the law" if he did not end a stand-off involving his armed followers in Sabah.
Aquino told Sultan Jamalul Kiram III to recall 180 of his followers, about 30 of whom were armed, from a fishing village near Lahad Datu where they have been facing off with Malaysian security forces since Feb 9.
"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 in a statement aired on national television.
"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."
He warned Kiram that he had also ordered an investigation "into possible violations of laws by you, your followers, and collaborators engaged in this foolhardy act".
Aquino cited a constitutional provision renouncing war as an instrument of policy and a law prohibiting citizens against inciting war, which is punishable by up to 12 years in prison.
Kiram's followers made a boat trip from their homes on remote islands in the southern Philippines to occupy the Malaysian fishing village two weeks ago, after the sultan gave them a blessing to live there.
Kiram says he is the head of the Sultanate of Sulu, which once controlled parts of Borneo, including the site of the stand-off, as well as southern Philippines islands.
Aquino said his government was working with Malaysian authorities in an effort to peacefully resolve the stand-off. - AFP

Friday February 15, 2013

PM: Talks ongoing to get group to leave peacefully

PAPAR: Negotiations are ongoing to persuade a group of armed militants from the Philippines to leave Malaysia peacefully and to prevent bloodshed, says Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
He said he was informed that the group, believed to be between 80 and 100 people, could not move because the security forces had formed two separate barriers manned by the police and the armed forces.
The Prime Minister, who was briefed by Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar and Sabah police chief Datuk Hamza Taib on the latest situation, said attempts were being made to persuade the militants to return to the southern Philippines.
“We have surrounded the area and our police and armed forces have the ability to handle the matter.
“The Government choose to deal with it (issue) through negotiations and get the group to leave peacefully to prevent bloodshed.
“Negotiations between our authorities and the group are already taking place.
“We hope it will be successful and the issue will be resolved quickly,” he said yesterday.
Malaysian security forces have surrounded the group, who landed in Lahad Datu on Tuesday.
Ismail had said the group had been ordered to lay down their arms and surrender, adding that the intrusion was related to problems in the southern Philippines.
Najib said there was no hostage situation in Lahad Datu and that the Philippine Government had been informed of the matter.
“We are also in the process of establishing the reason for them coming here so it is best if we do not speculate,” he said when asked on talks that the group was unhappy over last year's Kuala Lumpur-brokered peace deal between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and Manila.
Najib said the authorities were doing their best to protect Malaysian waters from illegal intrusions but due to its vast size, it was impossible for security forces to be everywhere at the same time.
“Nevertheless, we were able to get information (of the armed men encroaching Lahad Datu) fast and act upon it by surrounding the area,” he said.

Published: Wednesday February 13, 2013 MYT 10:12:00 PM
Updated: Wednesday February 13, 2013 MYT 10:14:26 PM

IGP: Armed foreigners who landed in Lahad Datu surrounded by security forces

PETALING JAYA: A group of armed foreigners who landed in Lahad Datu, Sabah on Tuesday has been surrounded by Malaysian security forces.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar said security forces surrounded the area when the intruders, believed to be from the Philippines, landed on Tuesday morning.
"They have been directed to put down their weapons and surrender," he said in a statement Wednesday.
Ismail said the intrusion was related to problems in southern Philippines.
"The situation is under control and the public need not be unduly worried," he said.
Earlier Wednesday, Defence Minister Datuk Seri Dr Zahid Hamidi said he had ordered Armed Forces chief Jen Tan Sri Zulkifeli Mohd Zin to take immediate action together with the police over the matter, to ensure the country's defences and security were at the optimum level.
"We will seek cooperation from neighbouring countries. I will also ask the Armed Forces chief to give a detailed report on the situation there when possible," he added.