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KOTA KINABALU: Lahad Datu MP Datuk Mohamaddin Ketapi (Photo) will be called to explain his statement on the Lahad Datu intrusion incident in 2013.
Acting Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal said he will speak with Mohamaddin, who is Parti Warisan Sabah’s candidate for the Segama state seat, about the matter as soon as possible.
“I’ll call him and ask him why he said those things,” Shafie said after an event in Sandakan on Monday (Sept. 21).
“They told me that he (Mohamaddin) has apologized for the matter, but I will talk to him and ask him about it,” he said.
Shafie said this when asked if any action would be taken against Mohamaddin for his statement that has caused an uproar among politicians and the public.
Earlier Monday, a video of Mohamaddin saying that the 2013 shooting between Sulu militants and Malaysian security forces in Kampung Tanduo, Lahad Datu was “just a show” to win votes and help Barisan Nasional win the 13th Election General, it was widely circulated.
In his speech, he claimed that military aircraft and tanks were deployed to Kampung Tanduo, some 37 km from Lahad Datu city, to fight the invaders, but instead destroyed the oil palm plantations.
Mohamaddin said the only enemies the military had to fight were “chickens and dogs” and claimed the “show” had ended after the results of GE13 were announced.
He also claimed that in his travels to the area, he had never encountered an invader attempting to claim Sabah as his own.
He had since apologized for the matter saying that he never intended to insult anyone and that he was not disparaging the sacrifices of the security forces, adding that his comments were taken out of context.
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