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 3
Honoring the Legacy,
Sacrifices and Patriotic Acts of Datu Raja Muda Agbimuddin Kiram, Guro Bata
Abdulhan Saradi, Guro Bata, his son, and the other 232 followers of the Sultanate
of Sulu during the 2013 Sabah Stand Off from March 1-15, 2013.
As a result of
growing tension in Tanduo, Lahad Datu, Sabah, WORD WAR ERUPTED between
spokespersons of Malacanang and the Royal Sulu Sultanate Media Center. The
Spokesperson of PNoy Aquino Administration IMPULSIVELY RE-ECHOED the MALAYSIAN
GOVERNMENT’S ACCUSATION against the Datu Raja Muda and his 235 followers AS
INTRUDERS and INFRINGING the TERRITORIAL RIGHTS of MALAYSIA over SABAH (NORTH
BORNEO). The PNoy Aquino Administration DEFENDED Malaysia’s consigned and
relegated rights, powers, and authority invested on Malaysia by Great Britain
in 1963. They also Treated Datu Raja Muda and his followers NO LONGER CITIZENS
of the Philippines while being under SIEGE by the Malaysian military forces.
The PNoy
Administration's Policy towards the Datu Raja Muda FIRMLY STRENGTHENED
MALAYSIA’S TREATMENT of PRESENCE of the Datu Raja Muda and his 235 followers NO
LONGER A POLICE MATTER but ENEMY of MALAYSIA.
The Administration of
President Benigno Simeon Aquino III had transformed itself into a VOICE of the
Malaysian Government. His Presidency ABANDONED the constitutional protection
and guarantee bestowed on the Sultan of Sulu as an Ordinary Citizen by the
Philippine Government since 1935 and by his Administration, who, in 2010
assumed also the constitutional duty and responsibility to uphold and honor the
Sabah Claim as a national Contract entered and signed between the Republic of
the Philippines and the Sultanate of Sulu in 1962.
The Malaysian
Government's wrongdoings infringed absolutely the modes of pacific settlement
of disputes as provided for under the United Nations Charter Resolution.
Malaysia violated also the principles and agreements and the Joint-Communique
embodied in the 1963 Manila Accord mutually signed by the Three Heads of
States, Prime Minister Tungku Abdul Rahman of Malaysia, President Sukarno of
Indonesia and President Diosdado Macapagal of the Philippines.
Unliked other
Presidents that were elected before him in the likes of President Diosdado
Macapagal and President Ferdinand E. Marcos, who sworn to protect the National
Contract for the peaceful settlement of Sabah Claim against Malaysia, the PNoy
Administration, instead, ADMONISHED Sultan Jamalul Kiram III and his Royal Clan
that full force of the law will be applied against them in view of the action
taken by Datu Raja Muda Agbimuddin Kiram and his 235 followers.
President PNoy
Aquino's stern warning had lost sight on the legal importance of the fact of
the matter. That by virtue of the Sultan of Sulu's Act, the Philippine national
territory expanded after the latter agreed to issue the Republic of the
Philippines "The 1962 Conditional Transfer of Sovereignty Rights Over
North Borneo (Sabah)".
The Sultanate of Sulu
ALSO TOOK MANY FORMS OF LEGAL HARASSMENT from the AQUINO ADMINISTRATION. The
harassment encouraged the Malaysian Government in Kuala Lumpur to send its
AGENTS to Manila TO ASSASINATE SULTAN JAMALUL KIRAM III and ALL HIS SENIOR
FOLLOWERS. HIS ADMINISTRATION threatened also Sultan Jamalul Kiram III and his
siblings as conveyed by HIS Duly DESIGNATED NEGOTIATORS to IMPRISON or
REPATRIATE Them to Malaysia if Raja Muda and his followers WOULD NOT GIVE IN To
the MALAYSIAN DEMAND TO RETURN to the PHILIPPINES.
PNoy Aquino's
threatening words IMPELLED 33rd Sultan Jamalul Kiram III to ESCUSE HIMSELF and
ABSTAIN from the dialogue regarding the stand off between him and the
Malacanang duly designated and authorized representatives. LOSING SIGHT OF HIS
STATUS as A SPIRITUAL and POLITICAL LEADER, the 33rd Sultan of Sulu left the
table and decreed Abraham J. Idjirani, to continue the dialogue with the
MALACANANG DULY DESIGNATED NEGOTIATOR in that crucial night. In the morning,
Sultan Jamalul Kiram III CHALLENGED MALACANANG before the local and foreign
media TO WIDEN THE PHILIPPINE PRISON CELL as many of his relatives and the
Bangsa Suluk/Sug supporters would follow him.
The growing tension
and Malaysia’s MASSIVE MILITARY OPERATIONS were no doubt owed to Malaysia's FEELING
MIGHTY against the OBSOLETE FEW HAND-GUN and NATIVE SHARPENED BARONG and KRIS
of Raja Muda's followers brought by the followers TO PROTECT HIM on their
JOURNEY BACK HOME TO SABAH against lawless elements and pirates plying the
Sitangkai Strait.
As already mentioned,
the URGENT SITUATION compelled Sultan Jamalul Kiram III accompanied by his wife
and a sister, Dayang Dayang Sitti Krishna Kiram (Idjirani), a brother, Datu
Abdilnasser D. Kiram, Pastor “Boy” Saycon and Abraham J. Idjirani to seek the
assistance AT MIDNIGHT of VICE PRESIDENT JEJOMAR BINAY in his Vice Presidential
Residence in Makati. The APPEAL was acted on advice of MR. PASTOR “BOY” SAYCON,
the Sulu Sultanate Adviser on Foreign Affairs. The APPEAL sought on the Vice
President was to FACILITATE an EARLY MORNING MEETING of March 1, 2013, between
the Malaysian Ambassador to the Philippines and the Sultanate of Sulu’s
representatives, the Secretary-General and Spokesperson, Abraham J. Idjirani,
and the Sultan and Datu Raja Muda’s brother, Datu Abdilnasser D. Kiram,
concurrent present Datu Maharadja Lailah and 3rd in line to the throne of
Sultan of Sulu and North Borneo.
The requested meeting
was to discuss the parameter of PREVENTING the IMMINENT OUTBREAK of an ARMED
CONFLICT between the highly trained and well-equipped Malaysian soldiers,
commando and police and the Datu Raja Muda with his 235 armless followers.
Out of humanitarian
service and in his power and capacity as Vice President of the Republic of the
Philippines, Vice President Jejomar Binay intervened and conveyed by telephone
call in that night of February 28, 2013 Sultan Jamalul Kiram III’s request to
the Malaysian Ambassador. The Malaysian Ambassador agreed and granted the
request.
At 8:00 O'clock a.m.
of March 1, 2013, while the Sulu Sultanate’s designated representatives was on
its way, the FIRST SHOT of the MALAYSIAN FORCES WAS FIRED TOWARDS DATU RAJA
MUDA AGBIMUDDIN KIRAM but missed him. On that day, Friday, March 1, 2013, the
first day of battle at Tanduo Village, Lahad Datu, Sabah, begun.
To be continued.
Abraham J.
Ibarani-Idjirani
Chairman
Center for Studies of
History of
Sulu Archipelago
March 4, 2021
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