The group , calling themselves the `` Royal Security Forces of the Sultanate of Sulu and North Borneo '' , was sent Sending by Jamalul Kiram III , one of the claimants to the throne of the Sultanate of Sulu .

Kiram III stated Statement that their objective Aiming was to assert Statement the unresolved territorial claim Statement of the Philippines to eastern Sabah ( the former North Borneo ) .