Threatened Security in Sabah is no small matter.

Threatened Security in Sabah is no small matter.. Thanks, but no thanks Duterte.. by Datuk John LO (DE Comment – 5th June, 2016) can send the wrong message to the whole world especially incoming President of Philippines Duterte.. as most people know the intention of Dutere when he relived the socalled dubious claim on Sabah. I strongly believe as in previous declarations of the dubious claim, there was no intention of Manila expecting Sabah to join them on amicable terms but likely by sort of force and not by coax. In previous scenario as it is now, the situation in Philippines can be tense. How come John thinks there is an option for Sabah and Sabahans to choose between Manila and Putrajaya? How come John trying to influence the other side in Manila to amend their ways of violent living to accommodate Sabah when it is none of our business to tell them how to live as we do in Sabah. Has John gone off in tangent of the reality of the prevailing unchangeable circumstance in the relationship of Malaysia with Philippines vis-à-vis Sabah when Manila had been damn serious in several past anticipations as widely reported in their own country in preparation to seize Sabah by sort of force via military or militant activities from Manila using devious means by proxies or otherwise. So we in Sabah must be vigilant of their harsh tactics to reclaim Sabah and that everyone be prepared to defend Sabah as the PM had anticipated recently; DPM had stated that Suluk commanders have been stationed within Sabah ready for action; There are countless numbers of Project IC holders and illegals of Filipino descent and others likely already outnumbered the genuine locals. In such scenario, how would Sabahans really defend ourselves in any unfortunate eventuality? The dubious claim had over the few decades being used by the militants or even terrorists to disturb/disrupt Sabah by illegal entries, illegal stay, illegal activities and many kidnapping for ransoms. So it is not easy matters as there are no options for Sabahans to decide to join them in any circumstances. We cannot be defensive but also offensive in our approach to deal with Manila and demand compensation for damages over 5 decades by Filipinos of at least RM500b even before we enter the next stage of negotiation or none of that. We must be master of our destiny and not to be pushed around any longer when patience runs thin. It is known that the dubious claim as repeated had been accompanied by devious plans to invade Sabah by various designs. There are at least three criminal incidences I can mention here to enlighten others to be extra cautious to deal with Manila. But Sabah had strangely survived those unusual ordeals known or unknown at those times. In March 1968, there was a massacre of trained “freedom fighters” who refused to come to Sabah from the Corregidor Island nearby and the massacre is known as Jabidah as disclosed in the Internet’s website (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabidah_massacre). A reliable security source revealed that Moro chief Nur Misauri did come to Sabah in May 2001 after launched a civil war in Jolo against Manila (http://www.islamweb.net/en/article/2576/) but Malaysia gave him ‘free’ trip back to Philippines after a brief detention. Should Sabah entertain such a fugitive with criminal motive who had disguised it to claim Sabah then but the thousands of armed Moro army stationed in Gaya Island were found missing and so the armed struggle was aborted. There was also a case in the Internet of Michael Meiring, an American living in Manila from 1992 -2002 whose clandestine operations to come to Sabah fell through after he lost his feet by an unexpected bomb explosion in his hotel room in Manila. (source: http://www.declarepeace.org.uk/captain/murder_inc/site/gladio/030309Fake.html) What I write these cases is not to frighten anyone but destiny for Sabahans already pre-decided divinely. What John had written does give sort of complacency like we have a choice possible by a sort of referendum but in any referendum the genuine locals would lose out to the illegals already loaded in the electoral rolls. Instead of under the constant dark cloud of dubious claim, we may have claim part of Philippines in lieu of the compensation if not paid up in full as the Filipinos of various sects had been undesirable pests in and around Sabah with heinous crimes against humanity. So have the wealthy Musa Aman as CM cum Commander in chief of state security in Sabah who claimed to have done much for Sabah done anything since becoming CM in 2003 about the dubious claim when this is the most important agenda in Sabah? Is he warped in sort of entanglement of various questionable involvement? Joshua Y. C. Kong 8 June 2016