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The main towns in Tawau Division include:
1- Tawau - The
division capital
2- Lahad Datu
3- Kunak
4- Semporna
Sabah police commissioner Datuk Jalaluddin Abdul Rahman (right)
giving the Press Conference at the Lahad Datu district police station. Looking
on is Esscom commander Datuk Abdul Rashid Harun.
― Picture by Julia Chan
AUGUST 19, 2014 Curfew in eastern Sabah extended, but hours shortened
“The new curfew period will be from 7pm to 5am. It will cover the same areas and will last the maximum 2 week limit again till Sept 2, 2014.....”
Sabah police commissioner
Datuk Jalaluddin Abdul Rahman
at a press conference at the Lahad Datu district police station
August, 2014
The curfew in Sabah’s east coast has been extended for the second time, but the
hours will be cut to 10 from 12.
Sabah police commissioner Datuk Jalaluddin Abdul Rahman said that a security
review with Eastern Sabah Security Command (Esscom) commander Datuk Abdul Rashid
Harun decided that a curfew was still needed.
The police commissioner said that the curfew has been beneficial in helping them
identify illegal vessels and the channels used to enter Malaysia.
The 6pm to 6am curfew was first imposed on July 19, 2014, following repeated
kidnappings and an attack by armed foreigners along the east coast of Sabah. The
first extension was announced on August 3.
The curfew covers areas starting from about three nautical miles from shore
until the international border with the Philippines, stretching some 362
nautical miles and encompassing some 121,270 sq miles, from Tanjung Pundaras in
Sandakan until parts of Pulau Sebatik near Tawau.
The six districts involved in the East Cost of Sabah are
1- Sandakan
2- Kinabatangan
3- Lahad Datu
4- Semporna
5- Kunak
6- Tawau
The latest attack was on a popular dive island, Mabul on July 12, 2014 where
Marine Police Kpl Ab Rajah Jamuan, 32, was killed while colleague Kons Zakiah
Aleip, 26, was abducted and still held by kidnappers.
http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/curfew-in-eastern-sabah-extended-but-hours-shortened
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