Boatman nabbed for people smuggling in Semporna waters


KOTA KINABALU: A 51-year-old boatman has been arrested for human smuggling by allegedly trying to sneak five undocumented migrants into Sabah from the southern Philippines.

Marine police patrols intercepted a boat in waters off Sibangkat Island in the east coast Semporna district, close to the Philippines' Tawi Tawi Island chain.

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