Sabah capital, west coast hit by power outages for second day


KOTA KINABALU: Parts of the state capital here and west coast areas have been affected by power outages for a second day.

After a massive power outage on Tuesday (May 16) which left people in the area without any electricity for up to five hours, consumers experienced a second round of power failures in many areas in Kota Kinabalu, Penampang and Putatan around 6pm on Wednesday (May 17).

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