Written by Jaxon S on Saturday, May 31st, 2008 in Uncategorized.
Here’s an interesting and amusing article from the Philippines’ SunStar:
Arinday: Revival of Sabah claim-Misuari’s last gambit?
By G.H. Arinday Jr.
RENEWED rumblings from an erstwhile dormant problem are making some stirrings on the ground with the reported renewal of claim of oil-rich Sabah as part of the Philippines.
And this time, no less than the former chair of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) — Nur Misuari — is leading the movement for the Sultanate of Sulu, which ceded Sabah to the Philippines during the presidency of Diosdado Macapagal.
Malaysia was reported to be furious about the resurrection of the contentious issues which prompted Sabah Progressive Party president Datuk Yong Teck Lee to call Malaysia’s National Security Council to impose stricter laws on Filipinos or suspend the ferry service between Zamboanga City and Sandakan, aside from the immediate preparedness of the Sabah security committee.
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