LAHAD DATU, March 31- The Ops Daulat will not end until the security forces are confident that the remnants of Sulu terrorists are flushed out from pockets of areas where they are still holed up, said Sabah Police
Commissioner Datuk Hamza Taib.
He said the security forces did not set a time limit when the operations would cease because the fight against the terrorists had spread as far as Semporna and Sandakan, apart from Lahad Datu.
“It (the halt) depends on the security situation in the targeted areas and the operations involved,” he told a news conference at Felda Sahabat near here today.
Since Ops Daulat was launched 26 days ago, the security forces have killed 68 Sulu terrorists, and arrested 443 individuals for various offences and 121 more under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (Sosma).
He said the body of a terrorist killed on March 6 was retrieved from a battle scene in Kampung Tanjung Batu, Lahad Datu this morning to bring the total number of bodies recovered so far to 46.
– BERNAMA
