A MALAYSIAN hit squad has arrived in the Philippines to assassinate 74-year-old Jamalul Kiram III of the Sultanate of Sulu and his adviser Pastor Saycon, Kiram’s spokesman Abraham Idjirani said yesterday.
Idjirani said the five-man hit squad is headed by a Sunny Ng, whom he described as a Malaysian colonel. He said the group has enlisted three alleged recruits of the New People’s Army to carry out its mission.
He said a former lawyer of Saycon, whom he refused to identify, informed Saycon about the alleged assassination plot.
He said Saycon’s ex-lawyer was reportedly approached by Malaysian businessman Kenneth Lee for help in carrying out the hit. He said Ng’s group met with the lawyer at the Genting’s Palace in Resorts World, Pasay City around noon Monday.
He said Ng asked Lee to trace the address of Kiram.
He added that the hit squad was staying “either in room 806 or 906” of the Maxim’s Hotel, also at Resorts World.
“In the light of this development, we would like to ask the Philippine government: Have we surrendered our sovereignty that we allow a Malaysian hit squad to perform their terrorist activities here in our country,” Idjirani said.
He said Saycon’s former lawyer is willing to stand as witness in court against the Malaysians.
Idjirani called on the PNP and the NBI to check the information to ensure Kiram’s safety.
Kiram, who is staying with his family at Maharlika Village in Taguig City, said he would not ask for police protection at this time.
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He said claims of human rights violations Filipinos who have fled Sabah confirms the report last year of the World Refugee Organization that Malaysia has been one of the leading human rights violators in the world since 1982.
He said Malaysia’s actions against the Filipinos, regardless of whether they are followers of the Sultanate of Sulu or not, are against the teaching of Islam and should be stopped immediately.
He said Malaysian authorities may also be trying to divert the world’s attention from the Sultanate’s claim on Sabah.
Idjirani reiterated the Kiram family’s appeal for the United Nations Human Rights Council to intervene and investigate the claims of Filipinos who have fled Sabah.
He also criticized the Aquino administration for not protecting its citizens.
Since Malaysia started its operations against the followers of Kiram, 107 persons have been arrested for violating the Security Offenses Special Measures Act of 2012 while another 232 have been detained under various laws.
A group of Malaysian lawyers under the Bar Council of Malaysia has also appealed for the UN and other international agencies to be allowed entry to Sabah.
The group said it is prepared to give legal assistance to the sultan’s followers who were arrested in the ongoing crackdown.
Vice Consul Francis Herrera of the Philippine embassy in Kuala Lumpur has joined a team that will provide humanitarian and consular assistance to Filipinos in Lahad Datu, including providing passports and travel documents to Filipinos who want to return to the Philippines.
The embassy’s Philippine Overseas Labor Office has also reached out and checked on the conditions of the 1,285 Filipino workers deployed in Sabah.
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"Credibility is a condition of persuasion" is an old adage in the information business. The Sultan and his spokespersons have misspoken and flat out lied so many times that their crebility with many observers is next to nil. Thus, it is difficult to take their allegations of an assassination plot against Sultan Kiram III seriously.
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