KOTA KINABALU: A week before the March 1 shootout that led to a full-scale assault on Sulu intruders, security forces already had aerial photographs showing armed men in Kampung Tanduo. Lahad Datu.
The photographs identified by VAT69 commando unit officer Deputy Supt Abd Rani Alias showed, among others, the aerial view of houses believed to be used as shelter by the Sulu gunmen.
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