The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) through MILF Chief negotiator Mohagher Iqbal also wanted justice for 18 of its fighters and five civilians perished during the Mamasapano clash between their combatants and members of Special Action Force (SAF) last Jan. 25.
“Justice should not only be on the part of government troops, but also in the Bangsamoro,” he said.
Iqbal also said Muslims and Indonesians can travel freely from Davao del Sur to Indonesia and vice versa without a visa, and it was hard to determine who is a foreign terrorist.
“The Indonesians are our brothers, especially for the Muslims because they are also Malay,” he said. “We are only according them the Bangsamoro hospitality. We don’t know what they are doing.”
His statement came about amid reports that an Indonesian was among those killed with the MILF in Mamasapano.
“The MILF has no links with the terrorist groups like the Jemaah Islamiyah,” he said.
Chairman Iqbal stressed that the ‘misencounter’ between the SAF and the MILF was a result of lack of proper coordination.
“It is not easy to prove unless there is an incident. We were the ones attacked in 2001, 2003 and 2008. What happened here (Mamasapano) was there was no coordination.
The last encounter between MILF and military was in 2011 in Al Barka. No coordination also when the military are pursuing the Abu Sayyaf. Since then, there was no encounter except for the Jan. 25, 2015 incident. We need coordination there”, Iqbal said.
“MILF Chairman Al Haj Murad has not yet issued any statement on the Mamasapano shootout as the MILF Special Investigative Committee is conducting its own investigation so that similar incident shall not happen again in the future”, Iqbal continued saying.
“It is for internal purpose so that we will know the truth and to prevent what happened on January 25,” he further said. “We will issue an executive report after we have completed the investigation”, Iqbal further said.
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Iqbal also said Muslims and Indonesians can travel freely from Davao del Sur to Indonesia and vice versa without a visa, and it was hard to determine who is a foreign terrorist.
“The Indonesians are our brothers, especially for the Muslims because they are also Malay,” he said. “We are only according them the Bangsamoro hospitality. We don’t know what they are doing.”
His statement came about amid reports that an Indonesian was among those killed with the MILF in Mamasapano.
“The MILF has no links with the terrorist groups like the Jemaah Islamiyah,” he said.
Chairman Iqbal stressed that the ‘misencounter’ between the SAF and the MILF was a result of lack of proper coordination.
“It is not easy to prove unless there is an incident. We were the ones attacked in 2001, 2003 and 2008. What happened here (Mamasapano) was there was no coordination.
The last encounter between MILF and military was in 2011 in Al Barka. No coordination also when the military are pursuing the Abu Sayyaf. Since then, there was no encounter except for the Jan. 25, 2015 incident. We need coordination there”, Iqbal said.
“MILF Chairman Al Haj Murad has not yet issued any statement on the Mamasapano shootout as the MILF Special Investigative Committee is conducting its own investigation so that similar incident shall not happen again in the future”, Iqbal continued saying.
“It is for internal purpose so that we will know the truth and to prevent what happened on January 25,” he further said. “We will issue an executive report after we have completed the investigation”, Iqbal further said.
http://www.luwaran.com/index.php/welcome/item/746-milf-wants-justice-for-slain-members-civilians-in-mamasapano
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