Couples arrested in Ops Valentine crackdown in Lahad Datu


KOTA KINABALU: Sweet rendezvous between unmarried couples turned sour when Sabah Islamic Religious Affairs Department (Jheains) officials knocked on their doors during an operation around budget hotels in Lahad Datu on Friday (Feb 14).

The four couples are all in their 20s and were apprehended between 9.30pm and 3am for close proximity in a crackdown dubbed Ops Valentine.

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