COMMENT Is "Money, money, money," as the popular 1976 hit song by Abba goes, the solution to the Sabah standoff?
Sultan of Sulu Jamalul Kiram III's claim for Sabah is nothing new. Every once in while it will crop up when relations are strained with Philippines or when the sultan is unhappy and needs compensation (money) or land as a settlement to his claim over Sabah.