PM: Support our national warriors

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Nazri Abdul Aziz adds that the intruders will be charged in the court of Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has called on all Malaysians to continue to give their strong and solid support to the national warriors in the operation to end the intrusion by terrorists in Sabah.

“Let’s pray for the success of the people [warriors] fighting in Lahad Datu and Semporna,” he said in his Facebook, here today.

Najib was also grateful when informed that the operation was progressing as planned.

“This morning, I had issued a statement that we will not allow anyone to jeopardise our national sovereignty,” he said.

He said the operation to detain the intruders and house-to-house checks were being carried out.

Meanwhile, the video clip on the patriotic song, “Inilah Barisan Kita”, was also included in his blog www.1malaysia.com.my, to boost the spirit of the security forces fighting to preserve national security.

The security forces launched an attack on the armed intruders in Kampung Tanduo, Lahad Datu, at 7am today.

Meanwhile, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Nazri Abdul Aziz said the murder of eight police personnel is among charges which the armed foreign intruders in Sabah would face.

“If they have broken the laws of Malaysia, they should be charged in the court of Malaysia for whatever crime they have committed, certainly murder,” he told reporters after delivering keynote address at a dialogue session on the establishment of a sentencing council in Malaysia today.

“It is not a war [in Sabah], it is an intrusion into our country by foreigners, on our sovereignity,” he said, adding that Malaysia acted accordingly, in dealing with the situation.

“If there is a war, then the Geneva Convention will come into play. But it is not. It is still at a stage of instrusion.

“So, it is best left to the police because when it comes to national security, it is the responsibility of the police,” added Nazri.

On the sentencing council, he noted, the time was now right for Malaysia to seriously consider the setting up of such council to enhance the administration of justice.

“A sentencing council, thus, can play a role in forging a link between the views of the general public and the decisions on sentences made by the courts,” he said.