Malaysia

Malaysia threatens to take 'drastic action' against sultan's followers

3 Mar 2013

Twelve followers of the little-known sultan of Sulu and two Malaysian security personnel were killed in Friday's firefight, police said, as the more than two-week-old siege in a remote corner of...

Sultan of Sulu Jamalul Kiram III continues to fight for Sabah

3 Mar 2013

When the Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels signed a framework peace agreement at the Philippine presidential palace last October, 75-year-old Jamalul Kiram III was invited to represent the...

Aquino urges Filipinos in Sabah to surrender

2 Mar 2013

Philippine President Benigno Aquino III has called on members and followers of a Muslim royal clan who occupied a village in the eastern Malaysian state of

Malaysia stand-off with armed Filipinos ends in violence

1 Mar 2013

Twelve followers of a self-described Philippine Sultan died in a shootout with Malaysian security forces on Friday, police said, as tensions ratcheted up in their 17-day stand-off.

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Philippines’ Aquino warns sultan in Malaysia stand-off

26 Feb 2013

Philippine President Benigno Aquino warned a sultan on Tuesday he would face the “full force of the law” if he did not end a standoff involving his armed followers in the Malaysian state of Sabah...

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Navy ship goes to Malaysia trying to get Filipinos

A Philippine navy ship was sailing to waters off eastern Malaysia on Monday to try to bring back some members of a Filipino clan who became locked in a territorial standoff after going there and...

Australia MP Nick Xenophon questions deportation from Malaysia

Outspoken independent Senator Nick Xenophon, who was detained and barred from entering Malaysia upon landing in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, said he was whisked away to an interrogation area and told...

Manila wants peaceful end to Sabah stand-off with Malaysia

The group claims to be followers of a former Philippine-based Islamic sultanate that once controlled parts of Borneo, including the stand-off site, and is refusing to leave Malaysian territory.

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Malaysia denies entry to Australian senator Nick Xenophon

Nick Xenophon, an independent senator from South Australia, had planned to meet opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, a cabinet minister and electoral activists to discuss transparency issues for...

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Malaysian jailed in biggest seizure of tiger parts

Activists say a man arrested in Malaysia’s largest seizure of trafficked tiger parts was not given a long enough jail sentence.

Malaysian three accused of recruiting terrorists

Malaysian police detained three people yesterday, including an al-Qaeda-linked former army captain, suspected of recruiting militants for terrorist activities.