WikiLeaks: Libya used Sabah to arm Moro rebels in Southern Philippines

Sabah had played a big role in the rise of the Muslim secessionist movement in Mindanao in the 1970s when it was used as conduit in the smuggling of arms from Libya to southern Philippines, according to declassified cables published by WikiLeaks. According to two cables, former Sabah chief minister Tun Mustapha facilitated the arms smuggling from Libya, then ruled by...

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The Jabidah Massacre

The Jabidah massacre, also known as the Corregidor massacre, refers to an incident in which members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) massacred a number of Moro Muslim recruits who were escaping their covert training to reclaim Sabah. Sources differ regarding the details, with the number of victims ranging from 14 to 68, and some sources asserting that the massacre...

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Wi-Tribe WiMAX Snap Review

Finally got my gritty paws on the MyPass Wifi device they are offering. It comes in one cheap looking design but I bet this is largely because of function over form, if you don't want to read the review, here's the gist: It lasts as long as your laptop battery on optimal settings while still delivering good speeds at affordable price. I got the device earlier today by...

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Who’s to blame for ‘Sabah standoff’?

‘What’s happening in Sabah is the consequence of decades of neglect by the government to pursue a legitimate claim to the territory.’ WHAT’S called the “Sabah standoff” between Malaysian special forces and a band of followers of Sultan Jamalul Kiram III of Sulu is really the latest in a long series of attempts to claim what used to be North Borneo, a territory owned by...

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The Danger will result Sabah Standoff

If Malaysia is clumsy about handling the Sabah standoff, it will have the same problem the Philippine government had when it fought a Muslim rebellion in the South in the 1970s up to the 1980s. Here's the evidence of Leased Payment from Malaysian Government to the Heirs of the Sultanate of Sulu that is being leaked on the internet.  Malaysia is in a no-win situation...

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Evidence: Sabah Leased Payment From Malaysia

Is Sabah or North Borneo really belongs to Malaysia? Yes, that is actually a very big question mark since there are standoff in Lahad Datu, Sabah, Malaysia until today there are about 100 - 300 Royal Arm Forces of the Sulu Sultane occupying the town. The big question is that if Malaysia really owns Sabah or North Borneo so why does it have to make an annual leased payments...

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Sulu Sultanate: North Borneo-Sabah & 1878 Treaty

The Sultan of Sulu Darul Islam (SDI) sultanate that was founded in 1457 by a Johore-born Arab explorer and religious scholar Sayyid Abu Bakr Abirin after he settled in Banua Buansa Ummah (ummah is an Arabic term for “community”), Sulu. After the marriage of Abu Bakr and local dayang-dayang (princess) Paramisuli, he founded the sultanate and assumed the title Paduka Mahasari...

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China Hungry For Oil in disputed waters

Indonesia – China’s aggressive actions in the South China Sea and West Philippine Sea appear to be motivated by a hunger to exploit the area’s rich oil and gas resources, Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario said yesterday (July 23, 2011). Speaking on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum here, Del Rosario also said China’s...

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Sultanate of Sulu won’t budge

Undaunted amidst mounting pressure from both the Philippine and Malaysian governments, Sultan Jamalul Kiram III, the acknowledged leader of the Sultanate of Sulu and North Borneo insisted that his royal decree that authorized the presence of his younger brother, crown prince Rajah Mudah Agbimuddin Kiram and the combined civilian and armed followers in Lahad Datu, Sabah, Malaysia,...

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Sabah issue draws line between MNLF and MILF?

The line has been drawn again between two of Mindanao's biggest rebel groups - this time on the issue of Sabah. Here's the evidence of Leased Payment from Malaysian Government to the Heirs of the Sultanate of Sulu that is being leaked on the internet. The Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), which is led by Chairman Nur Misuari, which has signed a peace pact with...

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Funding of Sultan's men in Sabah under question

If Sultan Jamalul Kiram III could have had his way, his men would have never crossed to Sabah and occupied a village in Lahad Datu town more than a week ago - because in reality the Sultanate of Sulu, as royal as it might sound, has been struggling with its finances. Here's the evidence of Leased Payment from Malaysian Government to the Heirs of the Sultanate of Sulu...

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SABAH CLAIM ISSUE IS NON NEGOTIABLE

WHY did the Malaysian Government still holding back the series of proposals to set up a Philippines Consulate Office in Kota Kinabalu to look after the welfares of the Filipinos in Sabah since the dawn of independence? Here's the evidence of Leased Payment from Malaysian Government to the Heirs of the Sultanate of Sulu that is being leaked on the internet. The precise...

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Sabah To Whom It Belongs?

What’s happening in Sabah? A hundred fully armed Filipinos are holed up in a remote coastal town since last Wednesday in order to press the claim of the Sultanate of Sulu and Sabah that Sabah belongs to the family of Sultan Muhammad Fuad Abdulla Kiram, the 35th De Jure Reigning Sultan. The Sultan is also head of the Sultanate & head of Islam in the Royal Hashemite Sultanate...

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History catches up with Sabah

FOR SEVERAL DAYS NOW, Manila’s broadsheets have been bannering the confrontation between followers of Sultan Jamalul Kiram III and Malaysian authorities in a small town in Sabah. Here's the evidence of Leased Payment from Malaysian Government to the Heirs of the Sultanate of Sulu that is being leaked on the internet. Reports have it that some 300 armed followers of...

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