Security alert launched in Sabah following attacks in Zamboanga

Mohammad dismissed claims by the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) that some 4,000 foreign-trained Tausug fighters who are embedded in Sabah and Sarawak have been activated.

KOTA KINABALU: Malaysia has launched a security alert along the coastal borders of Sabah with the southern Philippines following Moro rebel attacks on Zamboanga City.

The security alert was issued due to the possibility that the clashes might spill over into Malaysian territory, said Eastern Sabah Security Command (Esscom) director-general Datuk Mohammad Mentek.