Sabah, Sulu and the Kirams (Part 3: Why Sabah, Why Now?)

On October 15th 2012, the Republic of Philippines signed a historic peace pact with Muslim rebels group, Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), brokered by Malaysia. With this pact, the four decades of guerilla warfare by Muslim separatists, which had already claimed 150,000 lives, could finally end by 2016. At last! The long-awaited peace within the …