Reuters
Posted at 02/20/2013 3:16 PM | Updated as of 02/20/2013 8:40 PM
MANILA, Philippines - The sultan of Sulu region on Wednesday rejected the peace deal between the Philippines and Muslim rebels, and said he will not ask his men to pull out from Malaysia's eastern state of Sabah.
About 100 armed men have occupied a village in Sabah in the stand-off with police.
Security analysts had warned that the historic peace deal signed by the Philippine government and Muslim rebels last October to end 40 years of conflict in the Philippine south risked stirring instability by alienating powerful clan leaders.
Posted at 02/20/2013 3:16 PM | Updated as of 02/20/2013 8:40 PM
MANILA, Philippines - The sultan of Sulu region on Wednesday rejected the peace deal between the Philippines and Muslim rebels, and said he will not ask his men to pull out from Malaysia's eastern state of Sabah.
About 100 armed men have occupied a village in Sabah in the stand-off with police.
Security analysts had warned that the historic peace deal signed by the Philippine government and Muslim rebels last October to end 40 years of conflict in the Philippine south risked stirring instability by alienating powerful clan leaders.