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