We have learned with profound sadness that HM Sultan Jamalul Kiram III passed away today 20 October 2013.
The
Philippine Sabah Claim Forum, its founders, administrators, members,
friends and supporters would like to express their heartfelt condolences
to the family of Princess Jacel H. Kiram-Hasan for their loss and that
of the Tausug people.
Sultan Jamalul Kiram III, the leader of the
group of Sultanate royal forces who sailed to Sabah in February this
year to stake their claim, was the visible face and voice of the
nation's claim to Sabah. It was Sultan Jamalul who brought back the
Republic's claim to Sabah to the fore when his loyal forces chose to do
battle with Kuala Lumpur troops despite the hostility of the Philippine
government early this year and despite overwhelming odds.
The
nation has lost an admirable man, a formidable leader and a great
proponent of the Philippine claim to Sabah who had said time and time
again that Sabah belonged to the Philippine Republic and to the Filipino
people.
May His Majesty rest in peace.
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