400 pengganas Kiram tiba di Sabah

Lagi 400 pengganas Kiram tiba di Sabah perkuat tentangan terhadap pasukan keselamatan?  MANILA 10 April - Selepas mendakwa lebih 200 pe...

Lagi 400 pengganas Kiram tiba di Sabah perkuat tentangan terhadap pasukan keselamatan? 

MANILA 10 April - Selepas mendakwa lebih 200 pengikut kumpulan pengganas Jamalul Kiram III berkumpul di Lahad Datu, Sabah, pada hujung minggu lalu, semalam jurucakap kumpulan itu mendakwa lebih 400 pengikut Kiram telah tiba di negeri itu untuk memperkuatkan penentangan mereka terhadap pasukan keselamatan Malaysia. 

Jurucakap kumpulan itu, Abraham Idjirani berkata, kesemua anggota baharu yang lengkap bersenjata itu tiba di pantai timur Sabah dalam dua kumpulan antara 30 Mac dan 5 April lalu. 

''Mereka ke sana kerana pasukan keselamatan Malaysia terus mencabul hak asasi manusia rakyat Filipina di negeri itu," dakwanya kepada akhbar harian Inquirer melalui panggilan telefon, semalam. 

Istana Malacanang, sebelum ini menolak laporan itu dan menyatakan tidak ada bukti serta maklumat mengesahkan dakwaan Abraham itu. 

Abraham turut mendakwa pertempuran antara pengikut Kiram dan pasukan keselamatan Malaysia tercetus pada malam 6 dan 7 April lalu di Tanjung Batu, Lahad Datu. 

Dia mendakwa pasukan keselamatan Malaysia kalah teruk dalam pertempuran itu yang mengorbankan 'ramai anggota tentera Malaysia'. 

Menurutnya, maklumat itu diperoleh daripada adik bongsu Jamalul, Azzumudie Kiram yang mengetuai pencerobohan ke atas Sabah dan kini menjadi buruan pasukan keselamatan Malaysia. - AGENSI

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Philippines- At least 400 armed men from Mindanao arrived in Sabah to help the Royal Security Force (RSF) of the sultanate of Sulu who are faced with a full military offensive by Malaysian authorities, a member of the sultanate said on Tuesday, April 9.

Princess Jacel Kiram, daughter of Sultan Jamalul Kiram III, said these men volunteered to pursue the fight not just for the Sabah claim but also for Filipinos who allegedly continue to suffer from human rights abuses there.

“These are not members of the RSF. They volunteered to fight,” Kiram said.

Kiram said the reinforcements reached Lahad Datu in two batches -- on March 20 and April 5.

Kiram's claim could not be independently confirmed at this time.

There have been no reports from Malaysian media about this arrival - a contingent that is twice the number of RSF members, estimated to be about 200, that first sailed to Lahad Datu in February.

On April 1, Malaysia activated the Eastern Sabah Security Command, a body tasked to watch the 1,400-km coastline of Sabah villages Lahad Datu, Kudat, Tawau, Kunak, and Sandakan.

After violence erupted between the Sabah claimants and Malaysian authorities in Lahad Datu, Malaysian security forces launched a crackdown on RSF members in Sabah -- setting up checkpoints and arresting those without proper documents. This caused a mass evacuation of Filipinos over fears of getting caught in between the conflict.

Sabah evacuees recounted stories of human rights abuses against Filipinos, especially against Tausugs.

At least 70 people have been killed since violence erupted in Lahad Datu, according to Malaysian authorities. As of April 7, a total of 135 individuals have been arrested under the Security Offences Act of 2012, state news agency Bernama reported.

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