FAR.....Kiram
and his men are holed up in a place far from the airstrikes, according to
Philippine website PhilSTAR.com.
MANILA : The airstrike
launched by Malaysian fighter jets in Lahad Datu todau missed the forces of
Agbimuddin Kiram, the spokesman for the Sultanate of Sulu and North Borneo
said.
Spokesman Abraham Idjirani
said Kiram called him about 7.30am and then again at 9.30am and reported that
forces of the Malaysian military and police commandos attacked a position that
they (armed group) had previously occupied.
Idjirani also said Kiram reported
that the fighter jets started circling Lahad Datu last night, the Philippine
website PhilSTAR.com reported.
“[He told] us that the
Malaysian forces and the police commandos, about seven battalions, attacked the
place suspected of being Kiram’s camp,” he said.
Idjirani said the Malaysian
jets bombed a position previously held by the forces of Kiram but has now been
occupied by Malaysian forces.
Idjirani said the incident
could have been a case of “friendly fire”.
He said Kiram and his men
are safe and are holed up in a place far from the airstrikes.
As tension remains high in
Lahad Datu, Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert F del Rosario met today with
Malaysian government officials in Kuala Lumpur to discuss a peaceful resolution
on the issue.
A statement from the
Department of Foreign Affairs said Del Rosario met with Malaysian Foreign
Minister Anifah Aman and Defence Minister Ahmad Zamid Hamidi at midnight.
Also present during the
meeting were Philippine Ambassador J Eduardo Malaya, Malaysian Foreign Ministry
secretary-general Mohd Radzi Abdul Rahman and other embassy officials.
Del Rosario flew to Kuala
Lumpur yesterday evening. (FMT)
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