Pinoy, 2 others held in Malaysia for Sabah claim bid –report

A Filipino and two others were arrested in Malaysia for allegedly trying to recruit new members to their bid to claim Sabah, a Malaysian news site reported Thursday.

Malaysia's police Inspector General Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said the three were arrested as early as July 22 under the Prevention of Crime Act, Malaysia's The Star Online reported.

He identified the three as Abu Bakar Jayari, Zainuddin Mislani and Kassim Ibrahim.

According to Khalid, Kassim is a Filipino "believed to have entered the country illegally" while the other two are of "Sulu and Bajau ethnicity."

“It is supposed to be a starting phase in their bid to claim Sabah for the self-proclaimed Sulu Sultan,” he said.

Khalid said the three men were detained under Section 19A of the Act, which allows detention for up to two years.

In February 2013, armed followers of the late Sultan Jamalul Kiram III of Sulu managed to enter Lahad Datu’s coastal village of Tanduo, supposedly to claim Sabah. This triggered a series of bloody clashes with Malaysian security forces, killing dozens.

The Sulu sultanate once controlled parts of Borneo, including Sabah. The sultanate's heirs have been receiving a nominal yearly compensation package from Malaysia under a long-standing agreement for possession of Sabah.

Kiram died last year but ordered his followers to continue efforts to reclaim Sabah. —Joel Locsin/KBK, GMA News

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