KUALA LUMPUR: Will the real Sultan of Sulu please stand up.
Over the past few weeks, several individuals have come forward claiming to represent the Sulu sultanate and giving their views on Sabah’s long-standing illegal immigrant problem.
Sultans aplenty: Dr Hiew showing the birth certificate issued by the Sultanate of Sulu to The Philippines, Saturday.
The sultanate, no longer a legal entity, existed before the European colonisation of the Philippines and Sabah in the 19th century, ruling parts of Mindanao, Sabah and the islands of the Sulu Sea.
Following the Federal Government’s announcement of a crackdown on Sabah’s illegal immigrants, an individual identifying himself as Sultan Esmail D Kiram II, claiming to be 34th Sultan of Sulu, urged Malaysia to take a humane approach in dealing with the problem.
He echoed the Philippine government’s suggestion that Malaysia grant permanent resident status to Philippine citizens who had been staying in Sabah for a long time.
On Friday, soon after DAP advisor Lim Kit Siang’s claim that the Sulu sultanate had been issuing birth certificates to illegal immigrants from the Philippines in Sabah, three people approached The Star claiming to represent another person claiming to be the Sulu sultan.
The three – Datuk Seri Putra Eddy T. Sulaiman, Datuk Seri Wilfred J. Kulungan and Datuk Seri Harry Lye Kok Heng – handed in a statement from Sultan Rodinood Mohamad Julaspi Kiram II, which said he was not the one behind the issuing of birth certificates to illegal immigrants in Sabah.
Putra Eddy’s business card states that he is the sultan’s adviser and personal secretary while Wilfred and Lye are the sultan’s financial adviser and associate respectively.
In January, Sultan Rodinood, who claims to be the 29th reigning “Sultan of Sulu and North Borneo”, was quoted in Manila as saying that he was claiming territorial rights over Sabah and was willing to take his case to the World Court.
Three years ago, Sultan Rodinood asked Malaysia to pay his sultanate US$20bil (RM75bil) in compensation for getting the Philippine government to drop its claim for Sabah.
Yesterday, Kota Kinabalu MP Dr Hiew King Cheu handed in a letter at the Karamunsing police station in Kota Kinabalu asking the Sabah Police Commissioner to investigate the issuance of the birth certificates by the Sulu sultanate.
To add to the confusion, there is a website (www.topix.com/forum/news/weird/TANTCGDQKOM7L0769) where people are asked to vote who they think is the “legitimate Sultan of Sulu”.
The names listed are Sultan Ibrahim Barjin, Sultan Esmael Kiram III, Datu Udah, Sultan Rodinood Julaspi, Sultan Aydal Aliuddin, Sultan Ibrahim Pulalon, Datu Muedzul-Lail Kiram, Aliuddin Haddis Pabila, Akijal Attih and Sultan Fuad Abdullah Kiram I.
Yet another claimant to the throne is Sultan Jamalul D Kiram III, who was “crowned” the 33rd sultan in 1986.
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July 13th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Malaysia is illegally occupying Sabah.
Return it to the Philippines!
July 13th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
Do you think they will do that? Definitely not…they can’t even admit that this is Malaysia that belongs to all…Other races also work hard…even 100 times harder they always claimed that Malaysia belong to malays which is not true. If we look at the history they are the pelarian. They will never admit that…
They came here after british and indian been here. So are they the origin? Definitely not. But can we argue about it? Definitely not..n.Will they accept the facts? Definitely not…they never did…even in the history books they wrote all facts…erm so called facts…all lies…they create their own history which never exists. And no wonder why foreigners are more advanced then us. They appreciate everyone that fight for the country. They appreciate the history. The Truth. Not human created history. All youngster getting rubbish from the text book. The got fake information which they think its real information…
They will never change. Let’s see what happen with these politician…We’ll see where they ended up.
July 17th, 2008 at 11:01 am
sultan sulu rodinood julaspi kiram,ibni almarhum sultan julaspi kiram,ibni almarhum sultan jamalul kiram,ibni almarhum sultan jamalul alam ialah perwaris sebenar dan kiram sebenar… mereka yg mengaku sultan itu bukanlah kiram sebenar,tetapi menipu dgn menggunakan nama kiram atas desakan hakim british borneo macaskie.dulu british pernah menyuruh hakim british north borneo macaskie supaya membeli north borneo kepada anak sultan sulu jamalul kiram,iaitu sultan julaspi kiram.akan tetapi sultan julaspi kiram tidak mahu menjualnya.dan hakim british north borneo macaskie pergi kepada 9 orang keluarganya dan meletakkan mereka sebagai administration dan mengKIRAMkan mereka semua.itu sebabnya kemasukkan kepulauan sulu,jolo ke filipina tidak sah,disebabkan tidak melalui persetujuan perwaris sebenar kesultanan sulu iaitu sultan sulu rodinood julaspi kiram,ibni almarhum sultan sulu julaspi kiram ibni almarhum sultan jamalul alam…
October 11th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
The real Sultan of Sulu is the one chosen by the people.Anybody can claim to be a Sultan and can produce many website or fund the idea as it happens.To find out seems complicated but boiling down to the record who was chosen by the people with full evidence of crowning in the center of Jolo, Sulu. Any people of any country can disguise to be it’s leader but the will of the people cannot be replaced.Among all claiming Sultan’s of Sulu ,only one qualify and the approved of almost 200,000 people during the crowning,right in the eyes of his own people of Jolo,Sulu and not outside. It was no other than Sultan Esmail D Kiram II. if there is other claimants who can supercede this record from the lineage of the Sultanate, Please come forward to rest my case .