MALAYSIA, DOING SOFT WAR BY PROXY AGAINST THE PHILIPPINES?

"ANG KASABIHAN NI SUN TSU, HUWAG NATIN DALHIN SA ATING BAYAN ANG GEYERA, DOON NATIN PASIKLABIN ANG GEYERA SA BAYAN NILA, (THE ART OF WAR)" -- Sultan Muedzul Lail T. Kiram, 35th Sultan of Sulu and North Borneo (Sabah)

Malaysia soft war (by proxy): First,  to use  our own people against us, so that we cannot turn around and re-claim Sabah; second, educate our Filipino children to be in the service of Malaysia; third, use them to annex new "political entity" also to be known as sub-state of MILF enclave "Bangsamoro" in order to form greater Malaysia Federation and exploit the vast resources of Mindanao.

Educating Filipino Moro children today in Pahang, Malaysia to be in service of the greater Malaysia Federation tomorrow? 

Is this what Malaysia facilitation of MILF-PH Framework Agreement all about? By educating these Filipino Moro Children right in the heart of the most fundamentalist and Islamist state of Malaysia,  they will and can easily be called upon to serve the interests of Malaysia, which, no matter how you look at it is a moved destined to prevent the Philippines from reclaiming Sabah. It is also a pontetial maneuver to facilitate the annexation to Malaysia Federation of the soon-to-be MILF sub-state, and perhaps, eventually, to annex the whole of resoures-rich Mindanao. 

We must be extremely careful about the "side-effects" of the Framework Agreement because as it is now, it seems that Pahang, Malaysia (the most radically Islamist of all states in Malaysia) is getting ready to school Moro children. We must be careful not to fall for such overt show of generosity. Educating Filipino Moro children today to become Malaysia citizens tomorrow? Is this what this is all about? When that happens, are you prepared to say goodbye to Mindanao, Philippines?

WE MUST BE CAREFUL THAT MINDANAO DOES NOT BECOME PART OF MALAYSIA FEDERATION just because we get excited and want the Liguasan Marsh, which is believed to hold large reserve of natural gas amid a rich biodiversity, drilled. Philippines' PNOC and PETRONAS, Malaysia's federal-owned petroleum giant have actually begun exploring for gas and oil in Mindanao as Wikileak cables showed. 

WIKILEAKED CABLE:  "The MILF admitted that the proposed sub-state is just a “reframed” version of the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MoA-AD) which was declared unconstitutional b

y the Supreme Court in 2008; PNOC and Malaysia's PETRONAS had already initiated oil exploration of the marshland controlled by the MILF" 

Other excerpts from WIKILEAKED CABLE:  U.S. KEEN ON MINDANAO RESOURCESMANILA, AUGUST 22, 2011 (TRIBUNE) Leaked diplomatic documents in Wikileaks showed the United States has a special interest in the natural resources in Mindanao and the ending of the armed conflict in the region, giving credence to a suspicion that the United States is prodding the Aquino administration’s peace efforts with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), including brokering the recent secret meeting between MILF spokesman Al Haj Murad and President Aquino. 

Wikileaks obtained documents dated February 2006, or prior to the botched signing of the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MoA-AD) on Aug. 5, 2008 showing extensive reference to the untapped rich mineral resources of Mindanao and tensions in the region which hinder the exploitation of these resources. 

The leaked cable from the US embassy in Manila made particular reference to the so-called Liguasan Marsh in the Cotabato Basin spanning 288,000 hectares and is among areas controlled by the MILF. 

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has already identified natural gas and oil deposits in three areas of Mindanao and the
Sulu Archipelago: the Cotabato Basin, the Davao-Agusan Basin; and an area straddling Tawi-Tawi and Sulu. The Cotabato Basin, notably, includes the 288,000 hectare Liguasan Marsh, straddling the provinces of Maguindanao, North Cotabato, and Sultan Kudurat, according to the cable.

In fact, from MILF official website itself, we learn that contrary to what is being said by panels of both MILF-PH on the "framework agreement", the MILF, in reality, would want nothing more than to become part of a greater Malaysia Federation.

FROM THE MILF WEBSITE NOV 17 2012: "The second stage was the sending of Moro students to Malaysia, followed by batches of young Moros from the mainland Mindanao and Sulu. In the succeeding years, more young Moros were sent to Pakistan some of them became part of Mujahideens who fought against Soviet troops that invaded neighboring Afghanistan. Those series of trainings abroad and their eventual return to Mindanao and Sulu were planned and done in a very clandestine manner."

NB: Psychologically, these young Moro students will be forever in the debt of Malaysia.

So, for the umpteenth time, GPH-MILF Framework Agreement must not work in favour of Malaysia but must seek to strengthen Republic of the Philippines; we therefore suggest to our PH peace panel to be cautious and not be fooled just because they are in a permanent 'state of Malaysian-imbued grace.'