A Mykad belonging to Pabblo Alie, one of the accused in the Lahad Datu intrusion trial yesterday, was among the items identified by a prosecution witness at the Kota Kinabalu High Court yesterday.

   

Kinabatangan police officer Inspector Mohammad Azwan Abdul Wahab, 31, who was then Beluran criminal investigating officer said the items were seized from a tiny padlocked room in Pabblo Alie's house at Kampung Muanad 1, Beluran.

   

He said that the police including himself, staged a raid at the house at 5.15 pm on April 10 last year to arrest Pabblo and search for evidence relating to the intrusion.

   

During the search, he and his team also found a framed photograph of a man, with the description, 'Sultan Esmail Dalus Kiram IBNI AL-MARHOM SULTAN PUNJUNGAN KIRAM AL-SULTAN SHARIFUL HASHIM, THE LEGITIMATE SULTAN OF SULU AND NORTH BORNEO (SABAH)'.

  

The photograph had a logo with 'SULTAN ESMAIL KIRAM II' and 'Kingdom of Sulu Archipelago and North Borneo (Sabah)', some Jawi characters and the picture of a flag on it.

There was another framed photograph of a man, which had Jawi letterings, he said.

   

In court, the witness also identified four machetes, a light green plastic bag containing a small paper package with Jawi writings and a ball of yellow cloth which he described as amulets, that were seized from Pabblo's house.

   

Asked by deputy public prosecutor Mohd Dusuki Mokhtar how he knew that the paper package and yellow cloth were amulets, he said one of his men had explained so to him.

  

Mohammad Azwan was testifying in the trial of 30 accused in connection with the intrusion by a group of armed men at Kampung Tanduo, Lahad Datu in February last year.

   

Other items that he identified yesterday were 117 pieces of RM1 notes, three pieces of RM2 notes, a RM5 note, 30 pieces of RM10 notes, four pieces of RM20 notes and six pieces of RM50 notes.

He also identified a Brunei Dollar note, two pieces of 5 Yen note, two pieces of 10 Yen note, a one Philippine Peso note, a 10 Pesos note, two pieces of 100 Pesos note and a 1,000 Pesos note as similar to those that were seized from Pabblo's house.

   

In the dock were 27 Filipinos and three local residents who are facing one or multiple charges.

   

They are accused of being members of a terrorist group, waging war against the 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