Hajiji tells group not to question Sabah's sovereignty in Malaysia

 

Sabah Chief Minister Hajiji Noor today responded to claims by a group calling themselves the United Tausug Citizens, urging them not to question Sabah’s sovereignty in Malaysia.

Hajiji said Sabahans have chosen to jointly form the Malaysia Federation through the Malaysia Agreement 1963 and therefore, any external claims against Sabah will not be recognised by the state government or the people.

Echoing the federal government’s strong stand against entertaining the claims by the group, he said Sabah also has the backing of the global community on this matter.

“The state government strongly rejects any claim on Sabah that is akin to questioning the state’s sovereignty in the Federation.

“The claims by them or any group on Sabah is nothing but a frivolous attempt to disrupt the state’s peace and it is tantamount to threatening the sovereignty of the nation,” he said in a statement.

Hajiji said even the claims by the heir of the defunct Sulu Sultanate ended with the imprisonment of the arbitrator Gonzalo Stampa.

Yesterday, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Azalina Othman Said was reported as saying that Malaysia rejects what it terms as frivolous claims by the group, which claimed to be the “rightful custodians of the Sultanate of Sulu Territory” over Sabah.

- Bernama