Known as the Lahad Datu 2013 standoff, the Malaysian commando crew fight to defend the sovereignty of the homeland against a militant group.
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00:00Go!
00:30We work in the same place.
00:32We are always in a state of fear, anxiety.
00:37But we always get together and pray.
00:40We recite the Hajj prayer and recite the Yasin prayer.
00:42That's all we can do. We pray from afar.
00:44My cousins called and asked how my husband was doing.
00:46I said I didn't know.
00:47I was panicking at the time.
00:49I was really nervous at the time.
00:52There was a WhatsApp group for the 69th Commandos.
00:55That's where we got together.
00:57People from Semenanjung, Sabah and Sarawak came together.
01:02That's how we got to know about each other's husbands.
01:06When we were kids, we would ask our parents where they were.
01:10All they would say was,
01:12I went to fight for my country.
01:15That's all they said.
01:16I didn't know what would happen when I got home.
01:27I didn't know what would happen when I got home.