Locsin: Filipinos leaving Sabah should not be called repatriates

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MANILA - Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Friday said Filipinos leaving Sabah due to the COVID-19 pandemic should not be called repatriates.

In a virtual interview on "Usapang Community Quarantine" by former diplomatic beat reporter Malou Talosig-Bartolome, the top Philippine diplomat said the virus crisis should not be politicized amid a long-standing dispute over Sabah, a territory east of Malaysia’s northern Borneo and southwest of the Philippines' Sulu.

"You just say you're moving Filipinos from one place to the other. Don't you dare call them that and he has not."Locsin said those facilitating the transfer of Filipinos from Sabah were the United Nations Development Programme and International Organization for Migration . "Let's not use the misery of people regardless of nationality as an excuse to assert something that might piss me off."

Hishammuddin criticized Locsin's statement as "irresponsible," threatening it could affect bilateral ties of both nations. He also maintained that "Sabah is, and will always be, part of Malaysia."

 

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Trying to agitate Malaysia but being friendly to China? Talaga naman!

After sowing division among Filipinos, it appears that they're now sowing discord among Southeast Asian neighbors. Tsk tsk tsk! They should not rock the boat and keep ASEAN united instead.

Kung anong yabang nitong si Locsin sa Sabah claim, bahag naman ang buntot pagdating sa West Philippines Sea..In short 'inutil' din na kunyaring ipinaglalaban ang teritoryo natin..

Naku mawawala na ba ang visa free?

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