During a gun battle, the security forces killed three terrorists, but unfortunately, a member of the security forces was also killed.
LAHAD DATU: Malaysian security forces suffered their ninth casualty today during a firefight with members of the self-styled “Sulu royal army” at Sungai Nyamuk in Lahad Datu this morning.
Armed Forces chief Gen Zulkifeli Mohd Zain said the security forces came across and challenged five men earlier in the morning when searching the area around Tanjung Batu.
Zulkifeli said the men however retreated and the soldiers trailed them.
“The security forces made contact with the intruders about 10.45am at the upper part of Sungai Nyamuk and a second round of firing took place.
“During the gun battle, the security forces killed three terrorists, but unfortunately, a member of the security forces was also killed,” Zulkifli told a press conference.
This is the first casualty suffered by the Malaysian security forces in Ops Daulat since March 5 after two police commandos were killed during a skirmish at Kg Tanduo and six more were killed during a raid at Kg Sri Jaya in Semporna.
Meanwhile, police also confirmed that a man high on their wanted list was among six people detained today on suspicion of having links to the armed group from the southern Philippines in an operation at Kampung Bangau-Bangau, Semporna.
Semporna police chief Mohd Firdaus Francis Abdullah said VAT 69 commandos and General Operations Force (PGA) personnel raided a house in the village where the suspects were said to have been hiding.
“We conducted a raid at 6am after receiving a tip-off,” he said.
No firearm or telecommunication equipment were found in the raid but police are holding them for questioning and also trying to determine their nationality.
Villagers claim that they had never seen the six before.
No disengagement
The Philippines media, meanwhile has reported that Agbimuddin Kiram, the man said to leading the group of invaders that Malaysian authorities have now designated as “terrorists” remains “alive and
well,” according to his family.
Members of the Kiram family who claim to be heirs to the Sulu Sultanate denied they were considering “disengagement” as announced on Monday by Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas II after talks with sultan Bantilan Esmail Kiram II, brother of the self-styled sultan of Sulu Jamalul Kiram III.
The sultanate’s spokesman, Abraham Idjirani, said although the Kirams had authorised the dialogue between Esmail and Roxas, talk of “disengagement” was premature and not part of the discussions.
Briefing media in her home in Maharlika Village, Taguig City today, Pangyan Fatima Celia Kiram, Jamalul III’s wife, confirmed the family had never considered disengagement.
She said any decision on what the group in Sabah would do would come from Sultan Jamalul and other family members, including Bantilan Esmail, and those who lost loved ones.
“We do not want to make it appear this is our decision alone because we want a collective decision,” the news portal InterAksyon quoted her as saying.
The group has so far confirmed losing 23 members of his group since hostilities broke out on March 1.
Police in Sabah have said that among those killed was a former Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) commander Haji Musa.
The Kiram family claim that they are still in communication with Agbimuddin. Another brother of Jamalul, Abdilnasser, said Esmail’s son, Abu Bakar, reportedly in Sabah and in touch with Agbimuddin, had told him that the group leader’s stand was that their “struggle goes on.”
Abdilnasser said his nephew, during their 7am phone conversation, relayed that Agbimuddin told him: “While you are negotiating there, we remain under fire, the fighting goes on.”
LAHAD DATU: Malaysian security forces suffered their ninth casualty today during a firefight with members of the self-styled “Sulu royal army” at Sungai Nyamuk in Lahad Datu this morning.Armed Forces chief Gen Zulkifeli Mohd Zain said the security forces came across and challenged five men earlier in the morning when searching the area around Tanjung Batu.
Zulkifeli said the men however retreated and the soldiers trailed them.
“The security forces made contact with the intruders about 10.45am at the upper part of Sungai Nyamuk and a second round of firing took place.
“During the gun battle, the security forces killed three terrorists, but unfortunately, a member of the security forces was also killed,” Zulkifli told a press conference.
This is the first casualty suffered by the Malaysian security forces in Ops Daulat since March 5 after two police commandos were killed during a skirmish at Kg Tanduo and six more were killed during a raid at Kg Sri Jaya in Semporna.
Meanwhile, police also confirmed that a man high on their wanted list was among six people detained today on suspicion of having links to the armed group from the southern Philippines in an operation at Kampung Bangau-Bangau, Semporna.
Semporna police chief Mohd Firdaus Francis Abdullah said VAT 69 commandos and General Operations Force (PGA) personnel raided a house in the village where the suspects were said to have been hiding.
“We conducted a raid at 6am after receiving a tip-off,” he said.
No firearm or telecommunication equipment were found in the raid but police are holding them for questioning and also trying to determine their nationality.
Villagers claim that they had never seen the six before.
No disengagement
The Philippines media, meanwhile has reported that Agbimuddin Kiram, the man said to leading the group of invaders that Malaysian authorities have now designated as “terrorists” remains “alive and
well,” according to his family.
Members of the Kiram family who claim to be heirs to the Sulu Sultanate denied they were considering “disengagement” as announced on Monday by Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas II after talks with sultan Bantilan Esmail Kiram II, brother of the self-styled sultan of Sulu Jamalul Kiram III.
The sultanate’s spokesman, Abraham Idjirani, said although the Kirams had authorised the dialogue between Esmail and Roxas, talk of “disengagement” was premature and not part of the discussions.
Briefing media in her home in Maharlika Village, Taguig City today, Pangyan Fatima Celia Kiram, Jamalul III’s wife, confirmed the family had never considered disengagement.
She said any decision on what the group in Sabah would do would come from Sultan Jamalul and other family members, including Bantilan Esmail, and those who lost loved ones.
“We do not want to make it appear this is our decision alone because we want a collective decision,” the news portal InterAksyon quoted her as saying.
The group has so far confirmed losing 23 members of his group since hostilities broke out on March 1.
Police in Sabah have said that among those killed was a former Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) commander Haji Musa.
The Kiram family claim that they are still in communication with Agbimuddin. Another brother of Jamalul, Abdilnasser, said Esmail’s son, Abu Bakar, reportedly in Sabah and in touch with Agbimuddin, had told him that the group leader’s stand was that their “struggle goes on.”
Abdilnasser said his nephew, during their 7am phone conversation, relayed that Agbimuddin told him: “While you are negotiating there, we remain under fire, the fighting goes on.”
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pengganas perlu digembur hingga bersih.
Kerajaan hari ini mengumumkan tiga bantuan untuk penduduk kampung yang terjejas dalam Operasi Daulat berikutan insiden pencerobohan pengganas di Kampung Tanduo dan Tanjung Batu.
Timbalan Perdana Menteri Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin mengumumkan bahawa bantuan itu ialah :-
1) Pemberian bantuan ehsan wang tunai RM1,000 kepada setiap keluarga.
2) Bantuan pembinaan semula rumah yang musnah dengan kos setiap rumah RM50,000 serta pembaikan kecil untuk rumah yang rosak.
3) Penjadualan semula bayaran pinjaman kepada penduduk yang berniaga dan meminjam daripada Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA), Tabung Ekonomi Usahawan Nasional (Tekun Nasional) dan Amanah Ikhtiar.
Bagi pembinaan semula, Muhyiddin berkata penduduk boleh memilih sama ada menerima bantuan itu atau berpakat dan berbincang dengan pemimpin setempat untuk berpindah ke satu lokasi dan kerajaan akan membina projek perumahan rakyat.
“Kerajaan sedar dengan Op Daulat yang berjalan ini sedikit sebanyak memberi kesan kepada kehidupan biasa dan pencarian nafkah kerana kebanyakan penduduk terlibat tinggal di kawasan zon merah.
“Disebabkan mereka tidak boleh keluar bekerja dan rumah mereka musnah atau rosak dalam Op Daulat ini, kerajaan bersetuju selepas bermesyuarat dengan Majlis Keselamatan Negara (MKN) untuk memberi bantuan kepada mereka,” katanya.
Muhyiddin berkata kesemua bantuan itu hanya akan diberi kepada penduduk yang memiliki kad pengenalan dan dokumen kelahiran yang sah sebagai warganegara ini.
“MKN akan menjalankan bancian dan menyerahkan borang kepada penduduk untuk diisi supaya kita dapat menentukan berapa sebenarnya jumlah penduduk yang bertaraf warganegara terlibat,” katanya.
Bagi bantuan pembinaan semula rumah, beliau berkata hanya pemilik tanah dan mereka yang menyewa tanah layak untuk memohon bantuan itu jika rumah mereka musnah.
“Bagaimanapun mereka yang menceroboh (peneroka haram) di tanah mereka duduki kini, tidak layak menerima bantuan tersebut,” katanya.
Kerajaan negeri Sabah akan memberi sumbangan sebanyak RM100,000 kepada setiap keluarga anggota keselamatan yang terkorban di Lahad Datu dan Semporna.
Ketika mengumumkan perkara itu, Ketua Menteri Datuk Seri Musa Aman berkata kabinet negeri yang membincangkan perkara itu turut bersetuju memberi sumbangan sebanyak RM50,000 kepada anggota keselamatan yang cedera dalam kedua-dua kejadian itu.
“Di samping itu, kerajaan negeri akan mempertimbang pemberian bantuan lain yang sesuai kepada balu dan anak-anak anggota serta pegawai polis terbabit,” katanya.
Beliau juga berkata kerajaan negeri dan seluruh rakyat Sabah amat menghargai dan menyanjung tinggi jasa serta pengorbanan pasukan keselamatan dalam mempertahan kedaulatan negara.
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