KOTA KINABALU: Police are on the lookout for three Bajau Laut in connection with the murder of their neighbour who was alleged to have been forcibly snatched from his boat in Semporna district waters.

The Bajau Laut (also known as Sea Gypsies) are nomadic seafaring people who traditionally live on boats and stilt houses in the waters around giant island Malaysian Borneo, Sabah, the Philippines ...

I am currently in Pulau Omadal, off the coast of Semporna in Sabah. It is a small island. So small that when I wake up in the morning to run my usual 5km run, I need to make four repetitive rounds ...

Sabah Deputy Chief Minister I Datuk Seri Dr Jeffrey Kitingan highlighted that this issue is interconnected, with the Bajau Laut resorting to illegal fish hunting for sustenance and livelihood.

Two days earlier, Sabah police said they would question him in connection with videos depicting the demolition of Bajau Laut homes. The eviction of the Bajau Laut community in Semporna earlier ...

Kota Kinabalu OCPD Asst Comm Zaidi Abdullah said he believes the remaining 66 escapees, all of whom are Bajau Laut (Palau), are still hiding in the various water villages in the Pulau Gaya area.

Known as 'sea nomads', the Bajau Laut tribe have lived at sea for more than 1,000 years. Their lifestyle has given them the ability to stay underwater for very long periods of time. Travel ...

Sea nomads have faced decades of discrimination in postcolonial Southeast Asia. Malaysia’s recent mass evictions of the Bajau Laut are just the latest example.