Preservation of Sulu
Sultanate History and Rights by DD Krishna D. Kiram
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The journey to Sabah of Datu Raja Muda Agbimuddin Kiram and his 235
followers, Part 2
The memory of 2013 Journey of Datu Raja Muda Agbimuddin Kiram and the 235
followers to Sabah in order to seek greener pasture to improve the well-beings
of families they left behind in the Sulu Archipelago.
They intended and
looked forward to work in farms, factories, restaurants and coffee shops and as
bus drivers, etc. as 70 percent of them have been in Sabah as GRP-MNLF Conflict
refugee and who can speak the Bahasa Malay fluently.
But Malaysia
transformed and declared their journey as encroachment of its illegally
administered Sulu Sultanate's ancestral land, Sabah. That is despite the clear
mutual agreement embodied in the 1963 Manila Accord signed by Malaysia Prime
Minister Tungku Abdul Rahman, President Sukarno of Indonesia, and President
Diosdado Macapagal of the Philippines, which provide, quote: That the inclusion
of Sabah into the Federation of Malaysia will not prejudice the interest of the
parties concerned until finally resolve by the United Nations, unquote.
On February 16 at
1:35 in the morning, Datu Raja Muda Agbimuddin Kiram and the 235 followers
arrived in Tandou Village, Lahad Datu Sabah.
Their journey
fulfilled the hopes and dreams to establish peaceful life, harmonious relations
with the millions of Sabahan of Bangsa Suluk origin, who already established
permanent abode in Sabah before 1963, since Sabah's incorporation into the
Malaysian Federation in 1963 and after the GRP-MNLF Conflict erupted in 1972 of
which in 1974 Malaysia opened and declared the territory of Sabah as safe-haven
for those victims of the conflict which cause immeasurable loss of lives and
destruction of properties, and All the ethnic groups.
Trusting in the PNoy
Aquino Government to follow suit his predecessors' recognition of the
proprietary rights of the Sulu Sultanate as a separate issue and the GRP's
recognition as the heirs' sole rights and authority over the same, including
Malaysia's adherence following the British legal obligation transferred to its
government since 1963 to continue rendering the annual rental lease payment
paid annually to the Sultan of Sulu, the Datu Raja Muda wanted their Journey to
be published in newspapers in the Philippines.
The main purpose was
his hope for the Philippine Government to render diplomatic assistance if
Malaysia would react unfavourably and also for Malaysia to understand their
2013 Journey was in line with Malaysia's recognition of the Sulu Sultanate's
proprietary ownership and authority.
Believing that PNoy
Administration would offer a blind eye on Datu Raja Muda Agbimuddin Kiram and
the 235 followers, Malaysian prime Minister Najib reckoned their acts as
intrusion and them as intruders.
To be continued.
Abraham J. Idjirani
February 17, 2021
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