Dive marshals to protect Sipadan reefs

Undersea police: The new dive marshals setting off to monitor the reefs around Pulau Sipadan.

SEMPORNA: Four dive marshals of world-renowned diving haven of Pulau Sipadan have become Malaysia’s first underwater enfor­cers.

The four, who are from Sabah Parks, have been tasked to ensure divers do not destroy or damage the rich coral at the mushroom-shaped Sipadan, the country’s only oceanic island.