IGP: Armed men in Lahad Datu followers of 'a descendent of Sultan of Sulu'


  • Nation
  • Thursday, 14 Feb 2013

KOTA KINABALU: Members of the armed group from the Philippines that landed in Lahad Datu have declared themselves to be followers of "a descendant of the Sultan of Sulu".

They have demanded to be be recognised as the "Royal Sulu Sultanate Army" and that the subjects of the Sulu Sultan in Sabah not be deported to the Philippines.

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