Malaysian lawmaker wants to cut ties with PH

A MALAYSIAN LAWMAKER wanted to severe diplomatic ties with the Philippines due to “long-standing terrorism threats” by the Abu Sayyaf Group and members of the Sultanate of Sulu.

“If we can, we cut diplomatic ties with the Philippines because they do not have any link or claim on Sabah. The people of Sabah are living in fear,” Kalabakan MP Datuk Seri Abdul Ghapur Salleh – of the right-wing Barisan Nasional – said in the Dewan Rakyat (lower house of the Parliament of Malaysia) on Tuesday, according to a report by The Malay Mail.