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| IGP Tan Sri Ismail Omar showing pictures of a slain Sulu gunman. |
"I received information that there are SMS and
social media postings which falsely claim that these gunmen have entered Kota
Kinabalu and Tawau to create chaos," he said in a press conference here
Friday morning.
"It is not true. Do not believe in reports which
are not confirmed by the police and military. Please inform the police if you
see any information via social media or text messages," he added.
During the joint press conference here Friday with
Armed Forces Chief Jeneral Tan Sri Zulkifeli Mohd Zin, Ismail also showed new
photographs of the bodies of gunmen and weapons seized during Ops Daulat.
Ismail said among the Sulu gunmen killed in the
operations by security forces could have been one of the leaders of the group.
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| Zulkifeli giving instructions to his men on Ops Daulat. |
Asked whether group leader Azzimudie Kiram, brother
of self-proclaimed Sultan of Sulu Jamalul Kiram III, was among those killed,
Ismail said: "We are still in the process of identifying this leader.
"For now, we can safely say that, based on the
clothing, among those killed was one of their leaders," he said.
Ismail said the gunmen were not showing any sign of
surrendering despite the ceasefire call by the self-styled Sulu Sultan on
Thursday, thus the operation against them was ongoing.
Malaysian security
forces launched an all-out offensive against the gunmen on Tuesday, after a
stand-off that began on Feb 9.
