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| Philippine clan leader wants truce in Sabah |
| 2013-03-08 |
| [NEWS.BLOGS.CNN] One of the leaders of a clan from the southern Philippines called for a ceasefire Thursday amid deadly festivities in the Malaysian state of Sabah between armed clan members and Malaysian security forces. The call for the ceasefire was made at a news conference in Manila by Abraham Idjirani, the front man for one of the leaders of the Sultanate of Sulu, a now defunct kingdom in the southern Philippines whose followers arrived in a remote corner of Sabah last month and claimed illusory sovereignty over the area. After failing to persuade the scores of clan members to leave peacefully, Malaysian security forces launched an offensive using fighter jets and mortar shells on Tuesday. But the clan's leadership said its followers hadn't suffered casualties from the attack. |
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