KOTA KINABALU: The 10 people who were abducted from waters off Lahad Datu early Tuesday (June 18) are sea gypsies who have have been living in Sabah for decades, says Sabah police commissioner Datuk Omar Mammah.
He said the 10 comprise sea gypsies and those with a lepa-lepa letter (a letter signed by village chiefs to confirm that they are from a certain village).
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