Sabah security officials to assess threat on tiny settlements


SANDAKAN: Tiny settlements dotting remote areas of Sabah’s east coast are now on the radar screen of security officials aiming to eliminate possible weak spots in the Eastern Sabah Security Zone (Esszone).

This follows concerns that these settlements, which are located within remote coastal mangrove swamps and islands, could be used by criminal elements as hiding or escape points, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Depart­ment Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim.

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