Malaysia's Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, Datuk V K Liew, an imbecile learning to be a moron

FROM MALAYSIA's DEPUTY MINISTER IN THE PRIME MINISTER's DEPARTMENT Datuk V K Liew (in picture) referring to the current stand-off in Lahad Datu, Sabah:

"... demands by the group claiming to be the Sulu Sultanate royal army do not arise at all. Based on historical fact, the Sulu Sultanate dynasty ceased to exist from the early 1930s when the Philippines became a republic. In this respect, the question of demand does not arise at all as the dynasty was clearly disbanded quite a long time ago."

OUR VIEW: Malaysia's Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, Datuk V K Liew, member of Barisan Nasional, WHO IS CLEARLY CHINESE MALAYSIAN, CLEARLY DOES NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HISTORY BESIDES WHAT HE HAS LEARNED IN HIS KAMPUNG which is to say, nothing much except the historical fairy tales that were fed to him by Kuala Lumpur. 

To say that "...from the early 1930s when the Philippines became a Republic", implies that this fellow never read anything beyond his Bahasa fairy tale history books that Malaysia leaders imposed on their school children to learn by heart. Well, for the information of this Malaysia deputy minister Datuk V K Liew, the Philippines became a republic on 12 June 1898 while bone idle and intellectually lazy Malaysians and their imported Chinese slaves (to work in tin mines) were still walking about virtually on all fours. 

TO SAY THAT "Based on historical fact, the Sulu Sultanate dynasty ceased to exist from the early 1930s when the Philippines became a republic," IS PUSHING THE LEVEL OF IGNORANCE A BIT TOO FAR. NOWHERE IN THE PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION IS IT SAID THAT WHEN WE BECAME A REPUBLIC, SULTANATE LEGACY DIED WITH IT. 

ABOVE ALL, THE FACT THAT THE REPULIC THROUGH PRESIDENT DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL ACCEPTED THE TRANSFER OF SOVEREIGNTY RIGHTS OVER SABAH FROM SULTAN ESMAIL KIRAM I, 33rd SULTAN OF THE SULTANATE OF SULU AND NORTH BORNEO (Sabah), ON 12 SEPT 1962, IS AN IRREFUTABLE PROOF THAT THE REPUBLIC RECOGNISED THE SULTANATE OF SULU DYNASTY. 

Malaysia's Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, Datuk V K Liew should get his facts right before he opens his mouth and misleads the rest of Sabahanos again!

Link to report: Malaysia's DAILY EXPRESS story 


~~ Admins, Defenders of the Philippine Sabah & Spratly Claims 

MALACANANG CIRCULAR No. 162 ON MATTERS PERTAINING TO NORTH BORNEO (SABAH)

HERE'S A 2008 MEMORANDUM NO. 162 EXECUTED BY MALACANANG ON GUIDELINES PERTAINING TO SABAH. UNLESS THIS MALACANANG DIRECTIVE HAS BEEN REVOKED BY THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION, THIS DIRECTIVE REMAINS IN PLACE: THE REPUBLIC DOES NOT OFFICIALLY RECOGNISE SABAH AS BELONGING TO ANY OTHER FOREIGN ENTITY OR COUNTRY; ALL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, CIVIL SERVANTS, EMPLOYEES, ARE FORBIDDEN TO SAY THAT SABAH BELONGS TO MALAYSIA.

IF EVER THERE IS ANY DOUBT THAT SABAH IS NOT RECOGNISED BY THE REPUBLIC AS A PHILIPPINE TERRITORY, WE SUGGEST THEY CONSULT REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5446, AN ACT THAT AMMENDED THE PREVIOUS REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3046 APPROVED ON 18SEPTEMBER 1968 WHICH CLEARLY INDICATES THAT THERE IS NO PREJUDICE TO THE "ANNEXATION" OF SABAH TO PHILIPPINES.

THIS REPUBLIC ACT HAS NOT BEEN ABROGATED AND REMAINS IN FORCE.

REPUBLIC ACT 5446 STIPULATES THAT IT IS "without prejudice to the delineation of the baselines of the territorial sea around the territory of Sabah, situated in North Borneo, over which the Republic of the Philippines has acquired dominion and sovereignty."

CLEAR AND SIMPLE: THIS LAW DEFINES THE LEGAL "ANNEXATION OF SABAH" AND IS PART AND PARCEL OF OUR NATIONAL LAWS 

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3046REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9522Republic of the PhilippinesCongress of the PhilippinesMetro Manila 

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5446September 18, 1968AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THIRTY HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO DEFINE THE BASELINES OF THE TERRITORIAL SEA OF THE PHILIPPINES" 

Section 1. To correct typographical errors, Sec. one of Republic Act numbered thirty hundred and forty-six is amended to read as follows: 

Section 1. The baselines for the territorial sea of the Philippines are hereby defined and described* specifically as follows:  

*NB: PLEASE SEE THE DIFFERENT LATITUDE, LONGTIDE AND AZIMUTH INDICATORS OF THE SCOPE OF TERRITORY OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES IN THE CHAN ROBLES LAW LIBRARY -- MUCH TOO LONG TO LIST THEM IN THIS POST. LINK:http://www.chanrobles.com/republicacts/republicactno5446.html#.USWXJh2-rMZ

 

Section 2. The definition of the baselines of the territorial sea of the Philippine Archipelago as provided in this Act is without prejudice to the delineation of the baselines of the territorial sea around the territory of Sabah, situated in North Borneo, over which the Republic of the Philippines has acquired dominion and sovereignty. 

Section 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. 

Approved: September 18, 1968

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NOTE: ANALOGY BY ADMIN APM, ONE OF THE ADMINS, WHO IS ALSO A LAW DEGREE HOLDER AND ACTS AS THE LEGAL ADVISER TO THE Defenders of the Philippine Sabah & Spratly Claims:

Section 1 defines and describes the baselines of the territorial sea of the Philippine Archipelago, which rightly did not include Sabah because it is not a part of the archipelago, but a separate territory over which the Philippines have a sovereign right to, as clearly stated in Section 2.  

In addition, Section 2 expressly reserves the rights of the Philippines to delineate the baseline of the territorial sea around Sabah.  

Analogy: It's like saying in Section 1 -- this Act delineates and defines the boundaries of mainland USA. And Section 2 would then say -- The definition of the baselines of the territorial sea of mainland USA as provided in this Act is without prejudice to the delineation of the baselines of the territorial sea around the territory of the states of Alaska and Hawaii over which the USA has acquired dominion and sovereignty.

~~ Admins, Defenders of Philippine Sabah and Spratly Claims

SOME INFO ON SULTANATE GROUP COMPOSITION IN SABAH STAND OFF

A Police water truck ferrying fresh water and heading towards the stand-off point – photo by Rafael Rizal

MALAYSIAS's Maritime Enforcement Agency’s (Equivalent to Philippine Coast Guard) patrol boat as seen from the Dent peninsular where Kampung Tondua is located. Photo credit: Borneo Insider photo by Rafael Rizal

20 FEB - A MAN WEARING FOUR STARS EQUIVALENT TO A GENERAL RANK AND CARRYING A NAME TAG WHO HAS INTRODUCED HIMSELF AS COMMANDER MUSA OR MUSANG WAS SPOTTED IN THE GROUP. 

According to reports from inside Lahad Datu, the group comprises: TAUSUG AND BAJAU FROM BASILAN, JOLO AND TAWI-TAWI.

AGE: BETWEEN 20 AND 60; there appears to be 5 women in the group

GROUP ARRIVED ON SEVERAL BOATS.

CONDITION IN THE SPOT WHERE SULTANATE OF SULU ARE HOLED IN: At least 6 temporary camps have been set up in the village over 250 hectares along the Celebes Sea coastline facing Tawi-Tawi chain of island in Southern Philippines.

FOR INFO, according to report, a villager who had returned to check his belongings after fleeing on Tuesday, said that none of their houses were encroached upon and that no property had been taken away by the Sultanate of Sulu group.

Report also said that the emissaries will return to the village at the end of this week (Saturday) to continue negotiations. Furthermore, Sabah officials are optimistic that the whole stand-off would be over by then, added the report.


~~ Defenders of the Philippine Sabah and Spratly Claims

Senator Gringo Honasan turns cold feet: Sabah stand-off "a problem we don't need"

FORMER RENEGADE ARMY OFFICER TURNED MEDIA DARLING TURNED SENATOR GRINGO HONASAN tells Sultan Jamalul III to recall his brother, leader of Sulu Sultanate group in Sabah stand-off

Senator Gringo Honasan seems to have turned cold feet. Instead of insisting that Malacanang take this opportunity to raise the Sabah claim issue with Kuala Lumpur, he is now virtually siding with Malaysia against the Sultanate of Suu 'army' in Sabah! 

WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU MR HONASAN???? IF YOU ARE FEARFUL THAT AN ARMED CONFRONTATION MIGHT ARISE AT THE SABAH STAND OFF, THEN GET YOUR BUTT OUT THERE AND LEAD THE CHARGE! YOU MORON!

But no, we guess you do not have the moral courage to face the issue and demand that Malaysia return Sabah to its legitimate owners. No, you Sir have no moral courage at all! One would have thought that your army training would have imbued in you a sense of duty. That when your fellowmen need you to stand for their right, because Sabah's sovereingty rights belong to the Republic, you would stand there and fight for them in the august halls of the Senate. 

Has Kuala Lumpur also got to you? You Sir are a waste of meagre, precious rations this country can barely afford!

REPORT:

Honasan also called on Sultan Jamalul Kiram III to recall his brother, Rajah Mudah, back into the Philippines. 

Rajah Mudah, in an earlier report, said that he will only follow orders from his older brother. 

Sultan Kiram III, in an earlier report in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, said the royal decree that he ordered for his brother was not about war, and that he sent his brother to Sabah as an exercise of their historic, ancestral and sovereign right over Sabah. 

Honasan said that the Sultan must be made to realize that his order has not been helping the government in its foreign and security policies. 

“He must be made to realize that these have become more complicated,” Honasan added. 

“It is time for the government to clarify these with the Sultan of Sulu and if these go out of proportion, it is a problem that we do not need,” said Honasan, who was in the city to join the regional convention of the Philippine Guardians Brotherhood, Inc. 

LINK: hHonasan suggests talks between Manila and Kuala Lumpur but does not raise Philippine rights over Sabah

On Sabah stand-off, Malaysia Home Minister Hishammuddin issues veiled threat: "I hope they don't push us" while Sabah Chief Minister Musa says Sulu group "breached international laws and Malaysia's sovereignty"

TANJUNG BATU, Felda Sahabat 17 (Tuesday): Hishammuddin, accompanied by top security officials, take a closer look through the binoculars, at the area where the intruders are said to be holding out, This place is about 2km away from Kg Tanduo. (Credit: The Borneo Insider)

According to The Borneo Insider, Malaysia wants to end stand-off with Sultanate of Sulu group in Sabah which is now on its second week without bloodshed. 

Malaysia Home Minister, in a veiled threat, said, “I hope they don't push us. We have to do the right thing at the right time. And if we have to make a decision, we are on top of it.” What that means is open to conjenctures. 

Hisham (short for Hishammuddin) flew to Sabah's Felda Sahabat area, two kilometers from Tanduo where the Sultanate of Sulu warriors were holed up, to take a closer look at what is happening in the area.

"Malaysian Armed Forces on the ready,"
according to The Borneo Insider

Meanwhile, Musa, Sabah's First (or Chief) Minister, who also is the Chairman of Sabah's State Security Committee, in a statement issued through his press office on Tuesday 19 February, urged the Sultanate of Sulu group to "return to their homeland to avoid any untoward incident including bloodshed in the event that the Malaysian security forces have to take action and added that he is "confident that the relevant authorities are on top of the situation.”  

Musa also said that the Sultanate of Sulu group must  “realise that they have clearly breached international laws and Malaysia’s sovereignty.  What is at stake here is our sovereignty and rights, which will not be compromised.” 

In the same statement, he praised the degree of restraint by the authorities as the "the result of coordinated efforts among the police, the military and the marine coast guard, and they have shown a high degree of professionalism and discipline."

OUR VIEW: What we find very difficult to realise is what "international laws and Malaysia's sovereignty" has the Sultanate of Sulu group breached when Sabah is historically, legally and morally belongs to the Sultanate of Sulu and the current heirs to Sabah land. Mr Musa, one of the most corrupt officials that Sabah has ever produced, is clearly not well informed. It is he who must realise that Malaysia has breached international laws and violated Sultanate of Sulu sovereignty rights over Sabah.

Back in Manila, The Philippine government seems to be paralysed while the Sultanate of Sulu group in Sabah finds itself in a precarious condition and under threat no less than by Hishammuddin, Malaysia's Home Minister. Based on reports, the group has been feeding on the produce of the farm that was vacated by families in the area in the run up to the stand-off. Time for PH Government to stop playing the ostrich game and to lend this group's Sabah claim a helping hand. 

By AdB
For the Philippine Sabah Claim Forum
and for the Defenders of Philippine Sabah and Spratly Claims
19 February 2013


REPORTS: 

Malaysia wants to end stand-off with Sulu gunmen without bloodshed

LAHAD DATU: Malaysian authorities are still keeping their options open in resolving a stand-off with the armed Sulu group holed up at the isolated Kampung Tanduo coastal village at Felda Sahabat 17 near here, a national daily reported. 

Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said Malaysia was doing everything possible to ensure that stand-off, now entering its second week, was settled without bloodshed. 

He said Malaysia would, however, not compromise the nation’s sovereignty and security.“I hope they don’t push us,” he said Tuesday after flying into the Felda Sahabat area where he was updated by top police officials. 

“We have to do the right thing at the right time. And if we have to make a decision, we are on top of it,” Hishammuddin added. 

For full news report: Malaysia wants to end stand-off zith Sulu gunmen without bloodshed

Musa appeals to Sulu intruders

KOTA KINABALU: Chief Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Musa Haji Aman said the security forces are in full control of the situation in Lahad Datu. 

“As Chairman of the State Security Committee, I am confident that the relevant authorities are on top of the situation,” he said in a statement issued Tuesday from his Press Division. 

He said this was the result of coordinated efforts among the police, the military and the marine coast guard, and they have shown a high degree of professionalism and discipline. 

“In the last few days, we have seen how the authorities, especially the police, exercising great restraint in dealing with the foreign intruders in Kampung Tanduo,” he said. 

He said the restraint was not a sign of weakness but rather a deeper understanding of the complexity of the issue.Musa however, urged the foreign intruders to return to their homeland to avoid any untoward incident including bloodshed in the event that the Malaysian security forces have to take action. 

“They must realise that they have clearly breached international laws and Malaysia’s sovereignty.  What is at stake here is our sovereignty and rights, which will not be compromised,” he said. 

“Once again, I appeal to the intruders to be rational and give up the futile attempt and return to their homeland peacefully,” he said. 

For full story: Musa appeals to Sulu intruders

Sultan Jamalul Kiram III's proposal to Malaysia to solve Sabah claim dispute must be clarified

Sultan Jamalul Kiram III

The move by a group of Tausugs from Sulu to invest Sabah in order to demand their birtright is absolutely brilliant. It revived the dormant Philippine Republic's claim to Sabah. This writer has publicly espoused that the Republic's sovereignty rights over what used to be North Borneo must remain supreme. This writer, who has been doing it in the blogsphere, acquainting people through social media about the issue -- and has been doing it for a long, long time, is absolutely thrilled that finally, the 'dead has been resuscitated.'  

Tactically, the move to retake Sabah this February and its follow on 'stand-off' is the best thing that can happen not only for the revival of the dormant claim but also because it just might be the triggering mechanism for the unification of the Sulu nation under the Kiram dynasty heirs. However,  -- and this is where it becomes tricky --  it could also lead to something that the Philippine Republic and the Filipinos, who have been waiting these last 50 years for Sabah to be returned to its owners and for the Philippines to finally exercise its sovereignty rights, have not quite realised: Sultan Jamalul's proposal to Malaysia might just be playing right into Malaysia's hand and that it may not, after all, serve the specific doctrine that the Republic's sovereignty rights must remain supreme. 


Before anybody rejects what this poster has advanced, it is important to know that Sultan Jamalul III, one of the legitimate claimants to the Sulu throne who has admitted that it was he who instructed the Sulu group to move to Tanduo, Sabah this week, had sent Malaysia Prime Minister Najib a proposal before this 'Sabah stand-off' which was published in Malaysia Today on Sunday, 02 October 2011. 

For all intents and purposes, his proposal is the intelligent way of trying to find a way to resolve the Sabah ownership and sovereignty rights impasse because Sultan Jamalul III's proposal to Malaysia clearly seeks to serve the interest of the people of Sulu as well as the interest of the members of the Kiram dynasty. But it has left this poster worried... the proposal, if accepted by Malaysia, could be a double-edge sword too.  So, in order to allay fears that perhaps do not realistically exist, it is imperative for Sultan Jamalul III to clarify his position - a position that he spelled out in a proposal to Malaysia, and to tell the Philippine Government and the Filipino nation about it.

FOR THE RECORD: ON SULTAN JAMALUL III's PROPOSAL TO MALAYSIA TO RESOLVE THE SABAH CLAIM ISSUE, WE MUST BE PREPARED TO REQUIRE HIM TO EXPLAIN THIS SPECIFIC PROVISION IN HIS LETTER/PROPOSAL TO MALAYSIA PRIME MINISTER, AND WE QUOTE HIS SPECIAL ADVISOR VERBATIM: 

"(2) He had revoked the Power of Attorney issued to the Philippine government to institute the claim on Sabah on behalf of the Sultanate. This action, therefore, reinstates the power to claim Sabah for the Sultanate, and no longer within the authority and jurisdiction of the Philippines’ central government;"

Until such time that Sultan Jamalul III explains or revokes this particular condition in his proposal to Malaysia, one might easily assume that what he means by "The drop in the claim will remove the long-standing thorn in the flesh of the diplomatic relation between Malaysia and the Philippines"  (See No. 6 of Sultan's Proposal for Solution) is that Sabah will either be part of the political entity espoused by the MILF and the Philippine Government which as we know might lead eventually to the dismantling of Mindanao or that the Sultanate of Sulu might eventually secede from the Philippines.

Sultan Jamallul's proposal is very cleverly done and I understand that everything is intended for the good of the people of Sulu as well as for the heirs. However, it is imperative to dissect every line and the meanings between the lines to determine what we ultimately are fighting for or should fight for:  FIGHTING FOR THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES OR FOR THE HEIRS OF THE KIRAM DYNASTY? 


~~ AdB
For the Philippine Sabah Clain Forum
19 February 2013  

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The stance of the current Sultan, Kiram III, is to set aside all these historical issues and make a proposal for a resolution to the claim on Sabah by setting off from the current situation and to negotiate for a solution which will be of long-term political and economic benefits to both governments.

By Onn Ariffin
Special Advisor to His Royal Highness, Paduka Mahashari Maulana al Sultan Jamalul D. Kiram III ibni Al Marhum Sultan Punjungan Kiram Al Sultan Shariful Hashim, Sultan of Sulu. 

In my previous statement on the matter of the 49-year-old Philippines’ claim on Sabah which was published in the Daily Express on June 21, I had indicated that the Philippines’ claim on Sabah arose out of the Power of Attorney issued by the 32nd Sultan of Sulu, Sultan Esmael Kiram, to claim Sabah on his behalf in 1962.

I also proposed that the problem be resolved once and for all by both governments (of Malaysia and the Philippines) giving the authority to the reigning heir of Sultan Esmael Kiram, His Royal Highness Paduka Mahashari Maulana al Sultan Jamalul D. Kiram III ibni Al Marhum Sultan Punjungan Kiram Al Sultan Shariful Hashim, to negotiate with both governments. 

Background 

To have a clearer overview of the situation, we all need to be reminded that the long- standing dispute of who is right and wrong about whether North Borneo was ceded or leased to Britain remains unresolved, although the Phillipines’ side may claim legitimacy of their stance that North Borneo was leased based on the annual lease payment to the heirs of the Sultanate of Sulu.

There are also the contentious issue of Spain acquiring sovereignty over North Borneo in 1878 when it signed the protocol of March 7, 1885 with Germany and Great Britain recognizing Spanish sovereignty over “Jolo and its dependencies,” as well as the Macaskie Dictum of 1939, in which the heirs of Sultan Jamalul Kiram filed a suit case in the court of Borneo for the purpose of collecting the money due to them under the 1878 Grant.

We know that in the early 1970s civil war started in the southern Philippines which resulted in the outpouring of refugees to Sabah. The southern region’s instability, the rise of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), its breakaway group the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Abu Sayyaf, which collectively, influenced the creation of the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

Regardless of these developments, the southern region continues to face economic limitations which during the previous four decades have encouraged the migration of people from the region to Sabah, causing among others, the current prickly problem of illegal immigrants in Sabah.

The Sultan’s Proposal for Solution

The stance of the current Sultan, Kiram III, is to set aside all these historical issues and make a proposal for a resolution to the claim on Sabah by setting off from the current situation and to negotiate for a solution which will be of long-term political and economic benefits to both governments. In his sincerity to achieve this resolution, His Majesty Sultan Kiram III has taken some three important steps:

(1) He had undertaken to revoke, on September 4th, 1967, and September 17th, 1987 the services of the lawyer who was appointed to arbitrate in the matter between him with the Philippines and Malaysian government. This termination also in effect invalidated all proposals and action made by the Attorney Ulka T. Ulama for the heirs of the Sultanate. This has come into effect regardless of Ulama’s continues denial of the revocation and persistence of making representation to the Philippines government, pretending to still maintain the position of legal counsel to the Sultanate; 

(2) He had revoked the Power of Attorney issued to the Philippine government to institute the claim on Sabah on behalf of the Sultanate. This action, therefore, reinstates the power to claim Sabah for the Sultanate, and no longer within the authority and jurisdiction of the Philippines’ central government; and 

(3) He had sent a Letter of Offer, dated February 8, 2011, to negotiate on the claim over Sabah with the Malaysian government, through His Excellency Dato’ Seri Dr. Ibrahim Saad, Ambassador Plenipotentiary, the Malaysian Ambassador to the Philippines. Unfortunately, to date, the Malaysian government, or the Ambassador, is yet to respond. 

His Majesty is making what we hereinafter refer to as the Kiram III Proposal, that he, on his sole authority, shall drops the claim on Sabah on the terms and conditions that the Malaysian government commits to a long-term program of participating in the development of Southern Philippines.

Rationales for the Proposal

The Kiram III Proposal for solution to the Sabah claim, is made on the sound rationales that:

1. The drop in the claim will remove the long-standing thorn in the flesh of the diplomatic relation between Malaysia and the Philippines;

2. Any further neglect, apathy and procrastination on the process towards a solution to the claim will only result in the continuance of the dilemma and the negative socio-economic impacts for both countries and for the region, or ASEAN and BIMP-EAGA in general;

3. The ensuing agreement for economic collaboration between Malaysia and the ARMM will open the restive region into a peaceful and progressive region because:

a. The MNLF and the MILF, given important roles in the development process of ARMM, will have little purpose in continuing with their militant struggles, and should lay down their arms and reap benefits in the bountiful promises of the development agenda of their land;
b. The region has a huge wealth of natural resources (fertile lands, pristine jungles, seas and a substantial oil reserve of 125 billion barrels in Southern Cebu) which collectively promises the explosion of numerous industries – aquaculture, agriculture, timber, tourism, oil exploration and processing, manufacturing, shipping, aviation, banking and finance, etc. 

4. The annual lease payment made to the nine heirs of Kiram has become a cruel joke on the payees due to the ridiculous amount of RM5,000 (five thousand ringgits), the value of which had shrunk to almost nothing due to more than a century of inflation. This payment, while meaningless in terms of monetary value, is also an insult to the dignity of the payees, as well as a crafty method on the part of the Malaysian government to prolong, on the cheap, the status quo of the claim over Sabah;

5. With a drop in the claim followed by laying down of arms by militant groups and the development of the ARMM as a new region of rapid economic growth, the current migration of people from there to Sabah in search of more lucrative livelihood will cease, removing a four-decade socio-economic burden for Sabah;

6. The establishment of peace in the ARMM will pave the way to the creation of a new government which will be autonomous from the Philippines’ central government. In fact, a number of Philippines congressmen had espoused the establishment of a constitutional monarchy – on the same pattern as Malaysia’s system of government – and not a republic, for the ARMM.

Proposed Development Approach

His Majesty proposes that the South be developed by opening up opportunities for foreign direct investments (FDIs) to neighbors, with priority being offered to Malaysian government-link companies (GLCs), e.g. Malaysia’s Federal Land Development Agency (FELDA), Petronas, Maybank and CIMB Bank, Telekom, Tenaga Nasional Berhad, Sime Darby, Proton and Perodua, UMW and even the media giants, Astro and Media Prima.

These which can all be apportioned opportunities, roles, and lands for their ventures. Such a new opening FELDA will give Malaysia a greater leverage and competitive advantage in the regional and global palm oil production industry, in which Indonesia has made tremendous leaps ahead of Malaysia with the opening of new plantations in Kalimantan.

Petronas Carigali Sdn. Bhd. will of course be offered the priority to undertake oil extraction contracts in the area. The various other industries which will begin virtually from scratch will without doubt lead to a long-term economic boom, worth in the hundreds of billions of dollars.

The South will be a new center of vibrant economic activities, a region of prosperity and progress, which will be a total departure from its militant past. At a time when the world is facing numerous economic challenges – with America predicted to fall under the weight of its national debt, with the Eurozone countries buckling under its debt crisis, with China rising as the new economic dragon – the South is without doubt set to become the new economic magnet to which economic giants will gravitate to reap its many bounties.

Such a development will not only bring prosperity and peace to the South but will also create a new trend for a more progressive ASEAN as well as the revival and the expansion of the BIMP-EAGA which aims to increase trade, tourism and investments with and outside the sub-region by (1) Facilitating the free movement of people, goods, and services, (2) Making the best use of common infrastructure and natural resources, and (3) Taking the fullest advantage of economic complementation.

With Malaysia’s leading role sealed in the proposed Agreement for the Drop on the Philippines’ Claim on Sabah, there is no reason why Malaysia would hesitate on the Kiram III Proposal knowing the tremendous win-win result of such an historic agreement. We urge therefore that the Malaysian’s ambassador to the Philippines responds positively to pave the way for initial discussions on the matter, all for the sake of a mutual long-term and incalculable socio-economic benefits.

LINK TO PUBLISHED PROPOSAL: Sultan Jamalul III's proposal to Malaysia for a resolution to the claim on Sabah

LEADER OF STAND OFF IN SABAH WAS AN OFFICIAL IN SABAH IN 1967; ALSO LATEST PHOTO REPORT FROM TANDUO, SABAH

SABAH STAND OFF LEADER WAS DISTRICT OFFICER IN KUDAT SABAH 1967 - 1976

SABAH "STAND OFF" HAS CONNECTION WITH THE ESTWHILE OPERATION MERDEKA IN THE LATE 60s

NEWS HAVE IT THAT FORMER ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER OF KUDAT, SABAH - 1967 TO 1976 - IS SAID TO BE THE LEADER OF THE "INVADERS" FROM SULU. 

RAJA MUDA AZZIMUDIE KIRAM WAS FORMER ASST DISTRICT OFFICER OF KUDAT DURING THE TIME OF SABAH CHIEF MINISTER TUN DATU MUSTAPAHA HARUN (WHO WAS OFFICIOUSLY, A MEMBER OF PHILIPPINES' OPERATION MERDEKA COVERT OPERATIONS BACK IN THE LATE 60s)

TUN DATU MUSTAPHA WAS KILLED IN A SUSPICIOUS PLANE CRASH ACCIDENT IN 1976. BEFORE HIS DEATH, TUN MUSTAPAH WAS WORKING ON A GENUINE AUTONOMY FOR SABAH AND WAS IN CONSTANT CONFLICT WITH KUALA LUMPUR OFFICIALS;

~~ Admins, Defenders of Philippine Sabah & Spratly Claims

LATEST PHOTO REPORT ON SABAH "STAND OFF" WITH TAUSUGS FROM SULU

Malaysia's General Operations Force (GOF) creating a security ring around Tanduo village where armed Sabah "invaders" from Sulu are holding out.

Policemen man a road block leading to Kampung Tanduo, the area where armed group from Sulu are holed up, outside Lahad Datu in Sabah on February 18, 2013. — Reuters 

Malaysian Army elements in full battle gear in Tanduo, Sabah where armed Tausugs from Sulu are holed up.

Sabah police chief Hamza Taib being interviewed

Sabah Police chief Hamza Taib was quoted by local dailies as saying that police were negotiating with the group and expected the standoff to be resolved “very soon with the group returning to their home country.”

Malaysian police have set up a series of roadblocks along the route leading from Lahad Datu through palm oil plantations to the remote village where the gunmen are. Marine police were also patrolling the sea.

Reports identified the leader of the armed group as Raja Muda Azzimudie Kiram, former assistant district officer of Kudat during the time of former chief minister Tun Datu Mustapha Harun from 1967 to 1976.

Azzimudie, who was dressed in white robes, has yet to respond to requests by emissaries to “go home.” - Free Malaysia Today (Sabah newspaper) 18 Feb 2013. 

~~ Sabah Claim Society

"INVASION" OF SABAH BY A GROUP OF TAUSUGS FROM SULU SPELLS REVIVAL OF PHILIPPINE SABAH CLAIM

IN PICTURE: Symposium banner for the reclamation of Sabah, the first salvo of the 21st century launched by Senator Nene Pimentel on the Sultanate claim to North Borneo (Sabah)

THE "INVASION" OF SABAH BY A GROUP OF TAUSUGS FROM SULU this week, led by a descendant of a sultan of Sulu -- no matter how many times removed, which, incidentally frightened Putrajaya is a wake up call not only to Malaysians but also to Filipinos... 

IT PROVES THAT THE Sabah claim is FAR FROM BEING DEAD AND BURIED! Our government must have the courage to face the issue squarely and see to it that in the interest of the citizens of the Republic in Sulu, in the interest of justice and fair play, it is essential that this government find the guts to face the issue squarely and deal with Kuala Lumpur intelligently.

THE PHILIPPINES OWES MALAYSIA OR MALAYA NOTHING! Absolutely nothing... This government must not feel obligated just because PM Najib Razak (the son of the former Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Razak, one of the enemies of the Philippines) has helped 'engineer' a new political entity that would ultimately incorporate a vast portion of Mindanao into the Malaysia Federation. This government MUST BE more cunning. It will be a waster of precious rations to have leaders in this country of such lowly calibre with absolutely no guts to face the Sabah claim issue squarely.

IF SUCH WERE TO BE THE FATE OF THIS NATION's Sabah claim, i.e., in the hands of nignogish leaders, it would be better for the Sultanate of Sulu to rescind its sovereignty rights transfer and perhaps to do it by themselves just as the sons of Sulu have just done this week -- invade Sabah with the help of others, map their plans correctly, gather the real 'nerve of war' to back them up and yes, do it on their own.

THE SULTANATE OF SULU CAN INVOKE THE PROVISION in the 1962 sovereignty rights transfer terms whereby Sultan Esmail Kiram stipulated that if the Republic of the Philippines fails to reclaim Sabah within a given time, i.e., 30 years, sovereignty rights will revert to the Sultanate of Sulu.

~~ Originally posted on Defenders of the Philippine Sabah and Spratly Claims

On the reported ""MALAYSIA IN BORNEO STANDOFF WITH ARMED INTRUDERS"

ON 'BREAKING NEWS' yesterday 14 February:"MALAYSIA IN BORNEO STANDOFF WITH ARMED INTRUDERS" as reported by The Philippine Daily Inquirer:

NB: ALSO, PLEASE SEE OFFICIAL STATEMENT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST FROM HM SULTAN MUEDZUL KIRAM, 35th and currently reigning Sultan of Sulu and North Borneo. (For information, Sultan Muedzul is busy overseeing a construction project in Sulu as we post this.)

MEANWHILE, AS SOON AS WE GOT WIND OF THE NEWS HERE AT DEFENDERS, WE IMMEDIATELY INQUIRED INQUIRED WITH THE SULTANATE OF SULU AND HAVE RECEIVED CONFIRMATION THAT A GROUP HEADED BY SOMEONE CLAIMING TO BE DESCENDANT OF THE SULTAN OF SULU HAS INDEED 'INVADED SABAH.'

We also have received confirmation that the leader of the group is Datu Agbimuddin, younger brother of Royal Datu Jamalul III and Royal Datu Esmail II. The group entered Sabah with Royal Armed Forces elements. Datu Agbimuddin who is also known as 'Puing' by his relatives and close friends, was accompanied by 200 members of his security group but 50 of them had been captured by a Malaysian Navy boat. The rest of the group is now surrounded by Malaysian commando. The confirmation report from the Sultanate of Sulu expressed deep concern for Datu Agbimuddin's followers.

THE FOLLOWING OFFICIAL STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED BY THE ROYAL HOUSE OF SULU TODAY, Friday, 15 February 2013:

"Ampun Muedzul-Lail Tan Kiram, 35th Sultan of Sulu, son of Ampun Moh. Mahakuttah A. Kiram (last recognised Sultan of Sulu by Philippine government under Presidential Memorandum Order 427 issued in 1974 by President of Philippines H.E. Ferdinand Marcos), 34th Sultan of Sulu and grandson of Ampun Esmail E. Kiram, 33rd Sultan of Sulu, is aware that early morning of Tuesday, about 100-200 people, some of them armed men and a handful of women, boarded speedboats on Simunul Island in Tawi-Tawi, Philippines and left for Lahad Datu, a coastal area in Sabah in northern Borneo.  

"These men and women were leaded by Datu Ajbimuddin Kiram, who is younger brother of one of the self-styled Sultans of Sulu. Currently there are up to 60 people who claim to be Sultans of Sulu. This incident has nothing to do with the Royal Court neither with legitimate Sultan of Sulu. Ampun Muedzul-Lail Tan Kiram, 35th Sultan of Sulu, who lives in Jolo, Sulu is a peaceful man who is working close by with Philippine marines to maintain peaceful and safe environment in Sulu archipelago." 

~~ Admins, Defenders of the Philippine Sabah & Spratly Claims

Link to Sultan Muedzul Kiram wall on Facebook, link here

NB: We are monitoring this "stand off" and will share whatever info we receive. Thank you.

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON DEFENDERS OF PHILIPPINE SABAH & SPRATLY CLAIMS community wall