The former Chief Minister charged that the security of Sabah was being ignored by the trouble-stricken Federal Government.
Former Chief Minister Yong Teck Lee has warned the authorities concerned against resting on their laurels along the eastern seaboard in Sabah in the wake of the breakdown of the peace process in the neighbouring southern Philippines across the Sulu Sea. “Sabah must brace itself for another period of violent conflict in the southern Philippines spilling over into the state following the failure of Manila to ensure the passage of the BangsaMoro Basic Law (BBL).”
“This failure is in contravention of the peace agreements brokered by Putrajaya between the Philippines Government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).”
Yong, who is also Sabah Progressive Party (Sapp) President, charged that the security of Sabah was being ignored as the Federal Government was at the same time preoccupied with its own political problems. “The Sabah Government also seems helpless in resolving the case of two Malaysians kidnapped at the Ocean King Seafood Restaurant in Sandakan in May this year.”
He was commenting on Deputy Home Minister Nur Jazlan Mohamed visiting the Eastern Sabah Security Command (EssCom) in the Eastern Sabah Security Zone (EssZone) “and making nothing but another round of promises”.
Yong, resuming on the BBL pointed out that it pledged autonomy for the BangsaMoro Homeland. “Inevitably, there will be increased lawlessness on both sides of the Sulu Sea, raising the ‘push’ factor in the southern Philippines, with higher risks of infiltration into Sabah by armed gangs, more influx of illegals, smuggling and other transnational crimes such as kidnappings-for-ransom.”
“MILF armed units will become ‘lost commands’ and more dangerous and violent.”
Yong added that there were reports at the same time that Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), already active in the Sulu Sea, was re-asserting its presence along the international sea border. “The MNLF has become relevant again with Manila appealing to its founder, Nur Misuari, to help secure the release of four hostages – two Canadians, a Norwegian and a Filipina — taken from Ocean View Resort on Samal Island, Davao, two weeks ago.”
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2015/10/07/yong-sabah-faces-further-risks-in-esszone/
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