Sabah Update: Search for insurgents continues
Malaysia continues to search for armed members of a Filipino clan in Sabah on Borneo island.
On Tuesday, Malaysian troops launched a ground and air attack on the group but were largely unsuccessful in locating the insurgents.
Some 200 Filipinos landed at a coastal village in Sabah last month, claiming that the territory was theirs.
Calling themselves the Royal Army of Sulu, the clan members said they were descendants of the Sultanate of Sulu in the southern Philippines, which ruled parts of northern Borneo for centuries, and demanded that the Malaysian government pay more money to lease their land.
A two-week stand-off ensued, but violence broke out in at least two places late last week, leaving eight members of the Malaysian security forces and 19 clan members dead.
Ian Jarrett
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