UN’s Ban meets Malaysian envoy on Sabah; HRW urges acccess to humanitarian aid, respect for rights
By Abigail Kwok, InterAksyon.com
March 9, 2013

MANILA, Philippines — (UPDATE – 10:41 a.m.) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with Malaysia’s representative to the world body as he continued his bid to resolve the ongoing crisis in Sabah.

This developed as Human Rights Watch urged Malaysia to “provide clear and accurate information” on the situation in Sabah and to “ensure the protection of all civilians in the area and allow humanitarian access for the provision of emergency assistance to those affected by the violence.”

A statement on Ban’s UN page said he told Hussein Haniff, Malaysia’s permanent representative, that “efforts should be made to ensure that human rights will be respected and loss of life will be prevented” as Malaysian forces continue operations to flush out followers of the sultanate of Sulu who landed in Sabah early last month to press their claim to the territory.

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