KOTA BELUD: As she had been doing for years, Kak Ida was busy catching up on the latest gossip with friends while selling her handmade wares at the weekly tamu in this northern Sabah town.
Surrounding her were stacks of colourful food covers known as tudung duang in her Bajau community. Together with the Iranuns, the Bajau make up the bulk of this parliamentary constituencys 42,555 voters.
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