Kirams accuse Aquino gov’t of plotting to turn them over to Malaysia
(Global Nation) – Citing a “reliable source,” the camp of Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III said Malacañang has been secretly plotting to surrender the sultan and his followers to the Malaysian authorities, taking the extradition of Moro leader Nur Misuari from Malaysia to the Philippines as a precedent.
The possible government move to favor the Malaysian government would likely have “violent results in Mindanao,” the sultanate’s spokesperson Abraham Idjirani said.
“It would mean deception on the part of the government, which signed peace deal with our Muslim brothers just recently,” Idjirani said.
The Kirams called for a news conference at their house on Monday before noon to reveal a supposed government’s plan to extradite the Kiram and his followers.
“(All) has been quiet on the Sabah issue for some time until an official from within informed us that the government plans to turn us over to the Malaysian government,” Princess Jacel Kiram, daughter of the sultan, told reporters.
Asked how likely the plan was going to happen, Jacel said: “Very close.”
Despite the absence of an extradition treaty between the Philippines and Malaysia, the government may use, as precedent, the case of Moro National Liberation Front Chairman Nur Misuari who was turned over by Malaysia to the Philippines in 2001, when Misuari and his armed followers rose up in protest of what they believed to be the refusal of the Philippine government to comply with the terms of their 1996 peace agreement.
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