Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal. -Bernamapic
KOTA KINABALU: The ban on barter trade between Sabah and its neighbours - the southern Philippines and Indonesia - which was instituted due to a spate of cross-border kidnappings, is set to be lifted on Jan 1 next year.
Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal said the State Security Council decided on lifting the ban, put in place in April 2016, to encourage economic activities within the eastern Sabah region.
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