By Prashanth Parameswaran
The country’s armed forces chief signals rough road ahead for peace monitors.
As a new batch of Malaysian peace monitors prepare to be deployed to the southern Philippines amid an imperiled peace process between the government and Muslim rebels, they are being warned that they may face their toughest test yet.
Speaking at the sending-off ceremony for the Malaysian members of the new International Monitoring Team-Mindanao 10 (IMT-M10), which will take over from the current team beginning March 14, Chief of Defense Force of the Malaysian Armed Forces General Zulkifeli Mohamad Zin warned that the personnel could face some challenges due to spoilers looking to disrupt the ongoing peace process.
“This is a critical time, as the peace process is nearing its conclusion, there are many detractors who may try to derail and sabotage the peace process,” he said according to the Malaysian newspaper New Straits Times (NST).
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