ANSWER.....Hadja
Celia Kiram (left) the wife of former Sultan of Sulu Jamalul Kiram III answers
questions during a news conference inside their residence at Maharlika village.
By : JAIME LAUDE
SHE accused Interior
Secretary Manuel Roxas II of speaking for Malaysia.
“I don’t know if he is the
spokesperson or is he speaking in behalf of Malaysia. Where is his patriotism
as Filipino? Filipinos had been hurt, but why defend the enemy?” she said.
“It is sad to say that you
are saying that the military of Malaysia is so patient. Instead of defending
our people who are willing to sacrifice for the historical truth, to tell the
world that we have been belittled, to tell the world that our people in Sabah
are being deported inhumanely and yet he is speaking for Malaysia – that
Malaysia is so patient, so patient, according to his statement,” Fatima said.
“He is defending Malaysia
instead of his co-Filipinos. He is an anti-Muslim,” she added.
“The Filipinos in Sabah are
feeling the same thing. If we can only swim to Sabah we will go there to defend
it, even if we have to die in the process,” she said.
For the Moro National
Liberation Front (MNLF), Malaysia’s use of force would result in the escalation
of hostilities in Sabah or possibly civil war.
“I am afraid there will be a
civil war in Sabah because thousands of Bangsamoro are residing in Sabah,” Haji
Gapul Hajirul, MNLF political chief, said.
“It’s only MNLF Chairman Nur
(Misuari) who could decide on the matter. Whatever his decision, we will
follow,” Hajirul said. “Our Tausug brothers and sisters of Sulu and the Samals
in Tawi-Tawi were saddened and are hurting by the turn of the events.”
More than 8,500 Filipinos,
mostly Tausugs, are residing in Sabah and are potential supporters of the
Sultanate of Sulu. Malaysia is paying the Sultanate of Sulu 5,300 ringgit
annually as lease.
Meanwhile, the Makati City
Police yesterday beefed up its presence around the Malaysian embassy on
Tordesillas St. in Salcedo Village. (The Philippine Star)
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