Muguntan Vanar <\/p>\n
The Star <\/p>\n
Publication Date : 28-03-2015 <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
At least seven islands in Sabah would be converted into \"restricted areas\" to further strengthen cross-border security. <\/p>\n
Sabah Federal Secretary Borhan Dollah on Friday visited the islands - Bohey Dulang, Terumbu Sibangkat, Pulau Selakan, Mantabuan, Pom-Pom, Sibuan dan Maiga - off Semporna to get first hand briefing on various security issues at the islands. <\/p>\n
He was accompanied and briefed by Eastern Sabah Security Command (ESSCOM) commander Abdul Rashid Harun. <\/p>\n
Rashid said security forces have long suspected that the islands were being used as a staging point to carry out kidnapping, smuggling and bring in illegal immigrants. <\/p>\n
This was the reason to place the islands under restricted areas, he said. <\/p>\n
There are 360 islands under Eastern Sabah Security Zone (ESSZONE) of which 83 are in Semporna. ESSZONE covers 10 districts - Kudat, Kota Marudu, Pitas, Beluran, Kinabatangan, Sandakan, Lahad Datu, Kunak, Tawau. <\/p>\n
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