Pinoy terrorists in Sabah

THE Malaysian government filed terrorism and waging war charges, which carry the death penalty, against eight Filipinos in connection with the Sabah crisis.

Eddie O. Barrita

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A Sultanate of Sulu and North Borneo spokesman said Malaysia’s move is “terroristic” and amounts to “usurpation” of the sultan’s power because Sabah belongs to the sultanate.

What Malaysia saw as terrorists were merely the sultan’s repossession men.

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President Noynoy Aquino has directed the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to retain lawyers to defend the Filipinos in court in Sabah.

This must be confusing to the members of the royal army of Sultan Jamalul Kiram II.

The government gives them lawyers in Sabah, but if they come home, the Department of Justice will run after them.

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Seven of the eight Filipinos, reports said, were taken to the High Court in Tawau town in Sabah for arraignment in straightjackets.

Straightjackets are normally used for insane inmates at mental hospital and asylums who are violent.

Perhaps the Malaysian authorities consider the insane and those who come to Sabah armed and uninvited are one and the same.

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Former senator John Henry “Sonny O” Osmeña, in an interview in our program, "My Politics" with Ricky Poca, said he is running for mayor of Toledo City to liberate the city from the present administration.

Sonny O, 78, is a veteran politician who had served as Cebu City councilor, vice mayor, mayor, congressman and senator.

He said this is his last stab at politics.

Osmeña, who doesn’t hide his dislike for Liberal Party gubernatorial bet lawyer Hilario “Junjun” Davide III, said Davide now has a chance of winning the race after Cebu Gov. Gwen Garcia’s suspension.

The interview is set to air next week on MyTV of Skycable at 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.