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Sabah stand-off: Malaysia rejects Borneo ceasefire, demands surrender

 
Published on Mar 07, 2013
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Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak (centre), accompanied by the General of the Royal Malaysian Police Ismail Omar (left) and Malaysian Defence Minister Zahid Hamidi (right), arrive in Felda Sahabat in Lahad Datu on March 7, 2013. Malaysia's defence minister on Thursday rejected a ceasefire offer by a self-styled Philippine sultan unless his fighters who launched a deadly incursion surrender unconditionally. -- PHOTO: AFP

FELDA SAHABAT - Malaysia's defence minister on Thursday rejected a ceasefire offer by a self-styled Philippine sultan unless his fighters who launched a deadly incursion "surrender unconditionally".

"A unilateral ceasefire is not accepted by Malaysia unless the militants surrender unconditionally," Defence Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said on his Twitter feed.
 
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