This article was last updated on April 16, 2022
Canada: 
Oye! Times readers Get FREE $30 to spend on Amazon, Walmart…
USA: Oye! Times readers Get FREE $30 to spend on Amazon, Walmart…
Malaysia has released 33 Filipinos after they were detained for allegedly trespassing Malaysian-controlled Sabah. The detainees were members of President Aquino’s political party.
“They were intercepted for illegal entry,” says Lt. Cmdr. Jomark Angue, director office spokesman of the Philippine Coast Guard.
Department of Foreign Affairs spokesman Raul Hernandez said the Filipinos were followers of Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III, who sent his armed men to occupy Sabah. Clashes between the camp of the sultan of Sulu and the Malaysian security forces which began on March 5 have killed 68 Filipino-Muslims and 10 Malaysian policemen.
Hernandez said these 33 Filipinos were sailing to Taganak Islands or Turtle Islands for a campaign sortie but strong winds brought their ship to the Malaysian-controlled Sabah on Monday.
Hernandez said: “These 33 are actually members of a political group led by a mayor candidate from Tawi-Tawi. Secretary Albert del Rosario received a call from the President and the President directed him to help out the 33 Filipinos, who, because of rough seas, were carried and ended up in Malaysian waters.
“Last night, the order for the release was given at the behest of the Foreign Minister of Malaysia and the Defense Minister or Malaysia. Administrative procedure and the papers are now being handled for their actual release.”
Be the first to comment