The mighty law of probability


Tourists taking cover during the kidnapping incident at the Singamata Adventures and Reef Resort by suspected Abu Sayyaf rebels off the Semporna coast in Sabah.

Sabah’s east coast is safe, but there is a 0.0001% chance that something bad might happen ... again and again.

IF you ask our security forces whether Sabah’s east coast is safe from armed intrusion or cross-border kidnapping, they will confidently tell you that it is safe.

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