Inside Malaysia's $15bn battle with the lost Sultanate of Sulu

LAHAD DATU, SABAH – Nothing about the crossing was immediately unusual. For centuries, people traveled the 200 kilometers of water between here and Tawi-Tawi, the Philippines’ southernmost province, to sell wares or purchase goods. But in the dead of night 10 years ago, two motorboats crossed over…

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