IGP: No landings of militants in east coast Sabah


Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar

PUTRAJAYA: Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar has dispelled talks that militants from the southern Philippines had landed on the shores of east coast Sabah.  

“Those are just rumours. Hundreds, thousands of people from the southern Philippines come to Sabah through legal entry points.  

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