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| Sabah stand-off 'turns deadly' as clashes break out | Sabah stand-off 'turns deadly' as clashes break out |
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| At least 14 people have died in clashes to end the siege of a village in Malaysia's Sabah province by a Philippines clan, police say. | At least 14 people have died in clashes to end the siege of a village in Malaysia's Sabah province by a Philippines clan, police say. |
| Sabah Police Chief Hamza Taib said two police officers and 12 Filipino rebels had been killed at Lahad Datu village. | Sabah Police Chief Hamza Taib said two police officers and 12 Filipino rebels had been killed at Lahad Datu village. |
| Lahad Datu was occupied in early February by members of a Muslim royal clan from the Philippines calling itself the Royal Army of Sulu. | Lahad Datu was occupied in early February by members of a Muslim royal clan from the Philippines calling itself the Royal Army of Sulu. |
| They are demanding recognition as the rightful owners of Sabah province. | They are demanding recognition as the rightful owners of Sabah province. |
| The group - some of them armed - had been urged to end their siege by both the Malaysian and Philippine governments. | |
| 'Full power' | |
| Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak confirmed that two police officers had died and three were wounded, while between 10-12 clan members had also been killed. | |
| He said members of the clan fired the first shots after venturing 1.5km from their camp, according to Malaysia state news agency Bernama. | |
| Mr Razak said he had given the security forces "full power" to do what needed to be done to defeat the group. | |
| Although Malaysia and the Philippines have been in agreement that the stand-off should end, the occupation has revived old tensions between the two countries over the ownership of Sabah. | |
| The occupiers are related to or supporters of Jamalul Kiram III, one of the two main claimants to the title of Sultan of Sulu. | |
| The Sulu Sultanate - which once spread over several southern Philippine islands as well as parts of Borneo - claimed Sabah as its own before it was designated a British protectorate in the 1800s. | |
| Sabah became part of Malaysia in 1963, and the country still pays a token rent to the Sulu Sultanate each year. | |
| The Royal Army of Sulu says it wants Malaysia to recognise it as the rightful owner of Sabah, and to renegotiate the terms of the old lease. | |
| Malaysia has said this will not happen. |