Malaysian police on duty in remote island

Описание: (6 Mar 2013) SHOTLIST
PLEASE NOTE: THIS MATERIAL WAS FILMED BY A CAMERAMAN EMBEDDED WITH MALAYSIAN TROOPS AND MAY BE SUBJECT TO MALAYSIAN MILITARY RESTRICTIONS
1. Mid of police officers huddled for briefing
2. Mid of police officers preparing to move towards house
3. Wide of officers moving towards house
4. Wide of house
5. Wide of police questioning men suspected to be clan sympathisers
6. Mid of police checking documents
7. Wide of police escorting men away
8. Tracking shot of police and men walking
9. Tracking shot of police escorting men to police van
10. Wide of police van leaving
STORYLINE:
Malaysian police continued to scour the rugged terrain of Borneo on Wednesday, a day after security forces launched a military assault on a group of Filipino intruders.
The bizarre security crisis involves some 200 armed members of a Philippine Muslim clan, which claims to have a royal ancestral right over Malaysia's resource-rich eastern state of Sabah.
An AP Television crew embedded with Malaysian troops on Wednesday filmed police officers questioning locals suspected of being clan sympathisers.
After weeks of sporadic clashes that killed 19 intruders and eight policemen, troops launched a full-scale assault on Tuesday, codenamed "Operation Sovereign," but failed to account for most of the Filipinos, who according to the family of the group's leader were unhurt.
Malaysian forces shot and possibly killed one of the men, who appear to be trying to escape the area, police said.
Malaysia's home minister said later on Wednesday that security forces combing the area found 12 bodies.
However, it was not clear if they died in Tuesday's strike or in the previous weeks of clashes.
The intruders arrived with little fanfare from southern Philippines, a short boat ride away, three weeks ago and occupied a remote part of Sabah after scaring away the villagers.
Ignoring appeals by the Malaysian government as well as Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, the intruders have refused to leave to highlight their claim.
The crisis has caught both countries by surprise.
Few in Malaysia or the Philippines even know about the Filipino group led by Jamalul Kiram III, who claims to be the sultan, or the hereditary ruler, of the southern,
predominantly Muslim province of Sulu in the Philippines.
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