Arrests, abuses and history in Sabah

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AT LARGE. This picture taken on March 8, 2013 shows Malaysian soldiers moving in toward where Filipino gunmen are locked down in a stand off in the surrounding villages of Tanduao in Sabah. AFP PHOTO / Malaysia Ministry of Defense

A month after more than 230 armed Filipinos arrived in Sabah to stake a historical claim, Malaysia moved in to deal with “the invaders” with superior firepower and troops.  More than 60 are dead and at least 85 are arrested. Raja Muda Kiram, the group’s leader, escapes arrest while a Rappler investigation shows two men who were part of a covert military operation in the 1960s again joins this overt plot which ended in violence.  The Philippines condemns the “inhumane treatment” by Malaysian security forces of Filipinos in Sabah.  Malaysia denies the charge.

Read more about the escape and arrests, the plotters, and the charges of abuse – all on Rappler.

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