Cops: Sulu armed threat remains

High alert: Esscom security forces in Pulau Abal, Lahad Datu in Sabah.

KOTA KINABALU: Security forces are not letting down their guard over the Sulu armed threat despite the death of` Raja Muda Agbimuddin Kiram, who led a failed intrusion in Lahad Datu two years ago.

Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Jalaluddin Abdul Rahman said they viewed a resurgence of the Sulu threat as a real possibility as they have successors.