KOTA KINABALU: A Malaysian, who is accused by Manila to be a Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) senior member, is resisting deportation.
Koh Wui Chick, who is from Sabah, has informed Malaysian and Philippines officials that he wanted to remain in the Philippines as his Filipino wife and two children were living in the country.
The 55-year-old man told investigators and Malaysian officials that he was missing his wife and children.
Philippines police arrested Koh in Zamboanga City in southern Philippines on Oct 4.
They are investigating him for allegedly receiving overseas funds to finance the MNLF’s attack in Zamboanga City on Sept 9 where armed members tried to raise the flag of an “independent Bangsamoro Republik.”
Philippines officials said that a Malaysian police representative had visited Philippines National Police headquarters at Camp Crame in Manila to talk to Koh who is undergoing tactical interrogation.
According to sources in the Philippines, investigators were looking at deporting Koh for overstaying his visa that had expired as there were little indications that he was directly involved in the Zamboanga attack.
However, the officials said that they were still investigating Koh’s links to the MNLF and its fugitive leader Nur Misuari who is believed to have fled to the country following the failed Zamboanga City attack.
Koh, who is also known as Samson Jose Konde and Atchong, is a former electrical contractor from Tawau was last known to have lived in Telipok in Kota Kinabalu.
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