COMMONSENSE By Marichu A. Villanueva (The Philippine Star) | Updated March 11, 2013 - 12:00am
It’s now a month since the followers of Sultan Jamalul Kiram III and his brother sailed to Sabah armed to the teeth to reclaim their “homeland” in Lahad Datu. Taking a hardline stance, Malaysian authorities unleashed their police and military forces to flush out the Sultan’s followers who have holed up in Sabah.
The escalating conflict prompted no less than United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to call upon the government of Malaysia headed by Prime Minister Najib Razak for a peaceful resolution of the Sabah conflict. Over the weekend, Ban met with Malaysia’s ambassador to the UN to reiterate his call to ensure respect for human rights and avoid further loss of life.
Jumping on this chance to spare his followers from further harm, Sultan Kiram declared a unilateral ceasefire. From his home in Taguig, the ailing 74-year-old Sultan called upon his armed followers to take a defensive stance in Lahad Datu. The Malaysian government, however, refused to reciprocate this unilateral ceasefire call of the Sultan. Instead, Malaysia vowed “to destroy” the intruders if they refuse “surrender” or leave Sabah.
Unfortunately, caught in this crossfire are the thousands of Filipinos living in Sabah who are being rounded up by Malaysian authorities as suspected “conspirators” of these “intruders.” Basically a police state, Malaysia can arrest anyone based on mere suspicion on the strength of their Internal Security Act. A humanitarian crisis is now developing in Sulu with the influx of Sabah evacuees
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