Commando: No order to attack Sulu gunmen

KOTA KINABALU: Malaysian security forces were not acting on orders to attack the Sulu gunmen in Kampung Tanduo, Lahad Datu when fighting broke out on March 1 last year, Police VAT69 commando Supt Mancha Laga said.

“The teams A, B, C and D had closed in on the location where the armed intruders were on March 1 and while on recce (reconnaissance), my team and I encountered the gunmen,” Supt Mancha testified on the third day of the the trial of 30 people involved in the Feb 12 occupation of Kampung Tanduo, Lahad Datu.