Datu Khudar S.J Kiram II, 59, who claimed to be the direct
descendant of the second son of Sultan Jamalul Alam, Sultan Jamalul Kiram II,
promised to free Sabah . He did not elaborate.
Jamalul Alam was the sultan who signed the lease agreement with Baron Von
Overbeck and Alfred Dent on Jan. 22, 1878 in Sulu and Datu Khudar claimed he is
in possession of the Sabah grant.
He said once he returned to Manila
next week he will call for a press conference to reiterate that the Sulu
Sultanate will stop the claim over Sabah ,
adding that the Philippines Government will no longer have the right to
interfere in the affairs of the Sulu Sultanate.
Furthermore, he said doesn't want anything to happen to
Sabah because he had spent his years growing up in Sabah but maintained he
would still prefer to be a Filipino citizen.
Coming from a lesser known Sulu Sultanate family lineage,
Khudar who is now residing in Manila in the Philippines , said his family line had always
been supportive of Sabah joining Malaysia ,
saying he doesn't want Sabah to fall under the Manila
"We all wanted Sabah
to remain a Muslim country…during the declaration on Sept. 1963, my father
Sultan Jamalul Kiram II was on stage behind Tun Mustapha, and I was also on
stage.
"I was probably around six years old at the time but as
I understood Sabah could not enter into Malaysia
He said until today his family had become the backbone of
Sabah, although unhappy that many people are also claiming the Sultanate
lineage, with some having launched hostile campaigns to reclaim North Borneo over the years.
According to Datu Khudar, his brother, Sultan Rodinhood
Kiram II, is the present and rightful reigning Sulu Sultan but had no interest
in running the kingdom, and hence, all the administrative duties come under
him. Khudar's claim comes following the death of Esmail Kiram II on Sept. 25
due to kidney failure, with reports of the next in line being Raja Muda Datu
Phugdal Kiram, 75.
But unlike Esmail who succeeded the late Sultan Jamalul
Kiram III, the self-styled leader who launched a military campaign to take over
Sabah in March 2013 in Tanduo Lahad Datu, Khudar said he wants to put an end to
this claim over North Borneo and restore the
Sulu Sultanate name after being shamed by Kiram III.
And any future attempt to intrude Sabah ,
he said, will have to go "over my dead body," and put a stop to
individuals who also claimed to be Sulu Sultans from conferring the
"Datu" title to Malaysians.
His reasons were he had seen the changes and development
brought by the government and peace-loving Sabahans.
"Firstly we and the rest of the family are deeply
saddened by the incursion in Tanduo, Lahad Datu. Many people died in the
incursion, including my fellow countrymen.
"We do not condone or were involved in the incident
which was carried out by a bunch of rebels and destroyed the good name of the
Sulu Sultanate and the people of Sulu themselves," he said. He said he is
familiar with Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman who was also his school
prefect, while Datuk Seri Anifah Aman was his schoolmate and Datuk Seri Salleh
Said Keruak was his classmate in Form One, when he was schooling here at
Sekolah Kebangsaan Sembulan, Sabah College and thereafter in Kuala Lumpur, when
he was still staying in Sembulan years ago.
Besides, he said the Kiram family was not hostile, pointing
out the actions of the self-styled Sultan Jamalul Kiram III who had no
sovereign rights had desecrated his family name.
Datu Khudar said the late Kiram III came from the descendant
of a younger sibling of his great grandfather, Sultan Nawalil Wasit and that
his family had insulted his father who refused to be part of the nine claimants
to Sabah .
He revealed the actions of Kiram III in 2013 were fuelled by
funds from "outsiders."
"Although some of his men are now being captured and
tried in the court, I will not help his men. If I found any of my subjects are
doing drugs, I will cooperate with the police and tell on them.
"Kiram's men have created their own mess. If they want
out they could ask their own leader. They are not my subjects," said Datu
Khudar and revealed he won't get involved in the campaign for the release of
kidnap hostages, saying that "it's just a crime committed by a bunch of
gunmen trying to make a living."
He said the kidnappers are forced to carry out such acts due
to the expensive prices of goods in Tawi-Tawi and had to resort to the crimes
to survive.
DATU Khudar, he has bigger plans in mind and that is to
create his own self-governing nation called the Sulu Darul Jambangan.
He claimed he has close to a million subjects with MyKads
currently residing in Sabah and plans to call them back home to the Southern
Philippine region of Mindanao to rebuild this
nation.
Datu Khudar said he was saddened at times at how his
subjects with MyKads are being treated like "toilets" by politicians
in Malaysia
"I'm truly sorry but this is the truth. Each time there
is an election some parties insulted my people and also use them to win votes
but after winning the election our contributions are not remembered," he
said.
But he said he has no qualms with the politicians and
instead continued to advise his people to continue to support the Barisan
Nasional Government as the leaders have allowed them to live here in peace and
also to prosper.
"I have told them not to bite the hands that feed you
and want them to continue to support the government until my nation is
created," he said.
Datu Khudar said if all goes well he will call for their
return in August next year and will declare the nation's independence on Aug 8,
coinciding with his father's birthday.
Towards this end, he also promised to return the Sabah Grant
back to the State Government and put an end to all future claims over Sabah by the Sulu Sultanate relatives.
Datu Khudar said his plan is supported by one of the Philippines
He said for funding to rebuild the nation he had received a
court order to release the sovereign gold which belonged to his father, without
elaborating where the wealth was kept.
Datu Khudar said he will also advise his siblings to drop
any plans to reclaim Sabah once he secures the
sovereign wealth for the creation of his new nation.
http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=103443
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