Self-proclaimed Sultan of Sulu Jamalul Kiram III and his wife, Hadja Celia Kiram, answer questions during a news conference inside their residence at Maharlika village. — Reuters picKUALA LUMPUR, March 18 — Self-styled Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III has lifted a unilateral ceasefire and ordered his followers still in Sabah to conduct guerrilla warfare against the Malaysian security forces, according to media reports.
The Philippine Star quoted the ailing claimant to the throne as saying that the withdrawal of his army led by his brother Agbimuddin from Sabah was not an option.
“They are already in their homeland so why come back?” Jamalul told reporters at his residence in Taguig City in Manila.
Abraham Idjirani, spokesman for the sultanate, said the struggle in Sabah would continue.
He said the unilateral ceasefire order issued by the sultanate had been lifted and the sultan’s army had been ordered to conduct “hit and run” operations against the Malaysians.
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