Penduduk dari Kampung Tanduo, Tanjung Batu, Tanjung Labian dan Sungai Nyamuk yang diklasifikasi sebagai zon merah terpaksa dipindahkan apabila kumpulan penceroboh menjadikan penempatan peneroka itu sebagai kubu mereka.
Ada antara mereka kehilangan rumah, haiwan ternakan dan hasil sawit berikutan keganasan kumpulan penceroboh itu yang dikatakan membakar rumah penduduk dan merampas ternakan mereka.
Namun lebih menyayat hati ada yang kematian anak kecil kerana serangan pengganas menyukarkan pergerakan untuk keluar mendapatkan rawatan di hospital.
Bagi lelaki yang hanya mahu dikenali sebagai Gabir, 38, beliau tidak akan memaafkan kumpulan militan itu kerana tindakan mereka yang menggugat keamanan kampungnya menyebabkan beliau kehilangan anak bongsu yang baru berusia dua bulan.
Menceritakan peristiwa duka itu, beliau berkata anaknya meninggal dunia di pusat pemindahan di Cenderawasih kerana kesukaran keluar mendapatkan rawatan di klinik-klinik berdekatan ekoran serangan militan itu.
"Sampai hati mereka (pengganas) buat saya dan keluarga macam ini. Anak bongsu saya meninggal dunia ketika dua hari berada di pusat pemindahan kerana demam panas selain persekitaran yang tidak selesa.
"Macamana kami mahu keluar dalam keadaan yang tidak selamat. Anak saya hanya mendapat rawatan di sini sahaja, dan akhirnya dia pergi...," katanya sambil menahan sebak.
Bapa kepada tiga anak itu berkata anak bongsunya dikebumikan di tanah perkuburan Islam Cenderawasih dengan bantuan Jabatan Pertahanan Awam Malaysia dan kementerian kesihatan.
"Saya tidak akan maafkan mereka sampai bila-bila. Mereka harus terima hukuman berat termasuk mati kerana itulah hukuman yang paling layak untuk mereka," katanya.
Anak bekas Ketua Kg. Tanduo orang tempatan yang membantu pengganas Sulu
Khalid giving his assurance on security as he speaks to residents in Lahad Datu.LAHAD DATU: A son of a former Kampung Tanduo village chief is believed to be the local coordinator for the Sulu terror group.
He was among four people, two of whom are key figures behind the group, who were arrested over the past 24 hours.
The other is the Sulu group's military commander who was picked up while hiding in the swamps in Semporna as police further crippled the Sulu terrorists network operating there and in Lahad Datu.
Sniffer dogs take a breather with their handlers during Ops DaulatHe said the local coordinator, in his early 40's, was arrested with his wife in the Felda Sahabat area at about 10pm on Friday.
The man possessed a Malaysian identity card, he told reporters.
The man is being detained under the Immigration Act pending verification of his identification documents.
"He is an important figure as he was the one who arranged for accommodation, food, drinks and medical treatment since the group arrived here (Feb 9)," Khalid said.
He said the military commander, in his late 40s, was arrested at about 1am on Saturday and has a Philippines passport.
"Now we believe the group has been further crippled. They have lost their source of local support and they now have no direction," Khalid said.
He did not elaborate on the identity of the commander.
He said the arrests were made possible with the assistance of the local communities.
So far, 408 people have been detained under the various laws since the launching of the offensive against the Sulu terror group dubbed as Ops Daulat on March 5.
Another 108 people have been detained under the Special Offences (Special Measures) Act (SOSMA).
Sixty-three gunmen have been killed in the ongoing offensive.
On Thursday's Kembara Sakti incident in Felda Sahabat where more than 1,000 fled their villages after hearing that a woman was held hostage, Khalid said:
"From our initial investigation, what happened yesterday was made to be more serious that it actually is."
"There is no reason for the community there to feel afraid. They can return home. We will be with them,'' he added.
Khalid said he would be meeting the residents to assure them of their safety.
Pengganas ikat surirumah
Lebih 1,000 penduduk dari beberapa kampung di Felda Sahabat 43, di sini, diarah berpindah selepas empat saki-baki pengganas dikesan menceroboh sebuah rumah di Kembara Sakti, kelmarin sebelum mengikat seorang suri rumah dan rumahnya kemudian terbakar.
Empat pengganas terbabit memecah masuk rumah Maimunah Itin, 26, jam 3 petang kelmarin dipercayai untuk mencari makanan ketika wanita itu tinggal seorang diri kerana suaminya, Suhaimi Omar Basah, 30-an, keluar bekerja.
Bagaimanapun, dia yang diikat kaki dan tangan dengan tali berjaya melucutkan ikatan sebelum lari menyelamatkan diri ketika pengganas terbabit leka menggeledah rumahnya.
Jiran Maimunah, Mohammad Ahmad, 44, berkata, selain rumah wanita itu, sebuah lagi rumah yang terletak bersebelahan turut musnah dijilat api.
"Sebaik mengetahui rumah Maimunah dimasuki pengganas, penduduk kampung menghubungi pasukan keselamatan, namun apabila mereka datang beberapa minit kemudian, pengganas sudah melarikan diri.
"Pasukan keselamatan mengepung kampung kami dan saya melihat sekurang-kurangnya 12 tembakan gas pemedih mata dilepaskan untuk mengusir kumpulan pengganas," katanya ketika ditemui, semalam.
