Putrajaya mulling future of Lahad Datu Pala’u


A Pala’u fisherman prepares to head out to sea. The government has said it is in the process of setting up committees to examine how to accommodate the Pala’u people living near Lahad Datu. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, September 21, 2019.

THE government through the National Security Council has taken into consideration the plight of the stateless Pala’u (sea gypsies) who have come to regard Lahad Datu as their home, according to district officer Dr Mohammad Ayub Yaacob.

He said to this end, the Sabah government has proposed three committees with the council as chair.


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