Renewed assault on Sabah

Attack: A Malaysian General Operations Force patrol outside the village of Tanduo – about 120km from Lahad Datu town in Sabah – where armed Filipino men were holed up in February 2013. — Filepic/The Star

THE US$14.92bil (RM62bil) Malaysia allegedly has to pay some “Sulu heirs” for terminating Sabah’s annual cession payments may yet see political repercussions.

Although Spanish arbitrator Gonzalo Stampa’s award is illegitimate, the waves it has created may ride on the Philippine presidential campaign currently underway and revive Sulu’s fraudulent claim on Sabah.