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file photo of Malaysian soldiers in security operations against the
armed Filipino militants in Lahad Datu earlier this month. — Reuters picKUALA
LUMPUR, March 26 — Sulu gunmen may have buried their weapons to blend
in with Sabah society and escape the massive manhunt launched by
Malaysia’s security forces to flush out the militants, a Philippine
newspaper has suggested.Sabah residents had called a local radio station yesterday and raised questions on the whereabouts of the cache of arms a ragtag band of Filipino gunmen led by Agbimuddin Kiram, the self-styled heir to a 17th-century throne claiming ownership of Sabah, the Philippine Daily Inquirer reported.
“Could it be possible that members of the so-called Sulu ‘royal army’ threw away whatever weapons they earlier possessed so they could escape the manhunt on their group by some 5,000 Malaysian security forces?” the newspaper asked.
The Inquirer noted that callers had bombarded the radio station with questions following the capture of an unarmed Sulu “terrorist” in security mop-up operations in the Tanjung Batu area yesterday evening, as reported by state newswire Bernama.
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