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The 2013 Lahad Datu standoff, also known as the Lahad Datu incursion or Operation Daulat (Malay: Operasi Daulat), was a military conflict in Lahad Datu, Malaysia. [8] The conflict began on 11 February, when 235 militants [17] arrived in Lahad Datu by boat, and ended on 24 March.
2013 Lahad Datu standoff: . Fighting erupts in Sabah, Malaysia, leaving seven dead, including five policemen.Four people are taken hostage. In response, the Malaysian Military doubles their troop presence in the area.
12 March – Lahad Datu standoff: Three Sulu militants were killed and one Malaysian Army soldier, Private Ahmad Hurairah Ismail from the 7th Battalion of the Royal Malay Regiment was killed in a shootout in Sungai Nyamuk near Lahad Datu during the "Ops Daulat" operation. He was the first soldier to be killed in action.
POIC owns and operates its own port, POIC Port Lahad Datu and received its first vessel on 1 March 2013. [13] It consists of 1,150 acres (5 km 2 ) of industrial land developed (with a centralised bulking facility, dry, liquid, barge and container terminals with a sea draft of 20 meters, making it one of the few deep sea ports in the world).
The Eastern Sabah Security Zone (ESSZONE) is a security zone in the Malaysian state of Sabah that was launched by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on 25 March 2013 following persistent attacks by pirates and militants from the southern Philippines that occurred in the eastern part of Sabah especially after the 2013 Lahad Datu standoff. [1]
On 11 February 2013, a group of approximately 100–200 individuals, some of them armed, arrived by boat in Lahad Datu, Sabah from Simunul, Tawi-Tawi, in Mindanao. [115] They were sent by Jamalul Kiram III, one of the claimants to the throne of the Sultanate of Sulu. Their objective was to assert their unresolved territorial claim to North Borneo.
It was announced on 7 March 2013 by Musa Aman, the Sabah State Chief Minister. [2] Its purpose is to strengthen maritime security in the eastern part of Sabah following the persistent attacks by pirates and militants in the southern Philippines especially after the 2013 Lahad Datu standoff , while at the same time ensuring that trade and ...
On October 3, 2024, Malaysia's Federal Court upheld the death sentences of seven Filipino men involved in the 2013 Lahad Datu invasion, which had resulted in the deaths of nine Malaysian security personnel. [21] The ruling was seen as a step toward ensuring justice and strengthening national security in Malaysia. [22]