
In a hard-hitting editorial, the country’s most widely-read broadsheet took a swipe at Philippines President Benigno Aquino III (picture) for
taking the same tone as his Malaysian counterpart Prime Minister Datuk
Seri Najib Razak when demanding that the Sulu Sultanate’s followers lay
down arms.

“When he (Aquino) appealed to the followers to ‘[c]ome back home and
we will talk’, he inadvertently confirmed their suspicion that he did
not understand what they saw as the core issue: Sabah as home,” the Inquirer said.

This could have led to Sultan Jamalul Kiram III’s reason for
deploying his men to Sabah, it said, leading to the past few days of
violent clashes between the Filipino militants and Malaysia’s security
forces.
As at Day 22 since the incursion, eight Malaysian policemen and 20
militants have reportedly died during skirmishes in three districts in
the eastern coast of Sabah.
The Inquirer said, however, that the “real problem” with the
Philippine government’s approach to the Sulu claim on Sabah was in its
lack of sympathy to the Sultan’s followers and purpose.
Source: The Malaysian Insider...More...
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