Close encounter with Sulu gunmen

KOTA KINABALU: Sulu intruders started firing at Malaysian security forces on March 1 after threatening them to get out of “their land” in Kampung Tanduo.

Relating to High Court judge Stephen Chung the events that led to the shooting between the rebels and the Malaysian security forces, elite VAT69 Commando Supt Mancha Laga said he and his team were patrolling the area when they came across about 35 to 40 Sulu gunmen.