NBI submits report on Sabah standoff to DOJ

From InterAksyon (Jun 4): NBI submits report on Sabah standoff to DOJ

The National Bureau of Investigation has submitted to the Department of Justice the report on the investigation it conducted on the Sabah standoff.

However, NBI Deputy Director for Regional Operations Virgilio Mendez on Tuesday refused to disclose the contents of the report submitted to Justice Secretary Leila M. De Lima.

De Lima earlier said once the NBI report is submitted to her, she will study it and personally submit it to President Benigno S. Aquino III, who will decide whether to make the contents public or not.

It was earlier reported that those who may be exonerated of any liability for the Sabah standoff are former National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales, Council for Philippine Affairs secretary general Pastor “Boy Saycon” and former Moro National Liberation Front chairman Nur Misuari.

Of the three individuals mentioned, only Saycon was summoned by the NBI during the investigation.

The NBI also summoned members of the Kiram family headed by Sultan Jamalul Kiram II.

However, only sultanate spokesman Abraham Idjirani appeared before the NBI investigation.

The standoff was instigated when more than 200 followers of the sultanate, led by Kiram’s brother and crown prince, Agbimuddin, went to Sabah in February to stake their historical claim to the territory.

Fighting broke out between the sultanate’s followers and Malaysian security forces on March 1 and the series of skirmishes that followed left more than 60 dead by mid-March.

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