KOTA KINABALU: One of the items found inside the plastic bag tossed away by a man nabbed by the General Operations Force (GOF) Battalion 17 at Kampung Tanjung Batu in Lahad Datu on March 3 last year, was a creed card.
Inspector Zairie Surani, 29, said this yesterday, while testifying in the trial of 30 accused, who are facing various offences relating to the Lahad Datu intrusion in February last year.
The witness, who is also the battalion’s platoon commander, said the card belonged to a fraternity and sorority in Tawi-Tawi, Philippines, called Knights of the Right Keepers or Kappa Rho Kappa (KRK).
The card bore the name, Atik Hussin Abu Bakar, the man whom the GOF had captured, and one of the accused in the trial.
In response to deputy public prosecutor Ishak Mohd Yusoff’s question about the card, Zairie read aloud its contents: “I am a KRKean. I submit my body and soul to the will of the KRK…I believe in the endless task of the KRK.
“I will support and defend the objectives of the KRK. I am a KRKean for the betterment for the benefit and prosperity of my fellowmen. I seek for no reward nor glory but only in one spirit of brotherhood, peace and unity.”
Zairie said the card also bore the words, ‘Republic of the Philippines’ and ‘Bongao, Tawi-Tawi’.
There was also a KRK certification card in the bag, bearing Atik Hussin’s name, he said.
Meanwhile, the witness identified a machete with a broken handle and ‘K’ carved on the sheath, as similar to the weapon found inside the bag tossed away by Atik Hussin.
In the dock are 27 Filipinos and three local residents, who are facing one to multiple charges.
They are accused of being members of a terrorist group, waging war against the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, recruiting members for a terrorist group or wilfully harbouring individuals they knew to be members of a terrorist group.
They allegedly committed the offences between Feb 12 and April 10 last year.
The hearing before Justice Stephen Chung at the Sabah Prisons Department, continues today. — Bernama