Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Hazani Ghazali. - Filepic/The Star
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah’s dusk-to-dawn sea curfew, which was scheduled to end on Friday (April 30), has been extended for two weeks until May 15.
Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Hazani Ghazali said the extension of the 6pm-6am curfew was needed owing to continuous threats from cross-border criminals, including kidnap-for-ransom groups.
The curfew covers areas up to three nautical miles off Tawau, Semporna, Kunak, Lahad Datu, Kinabatangan, Sandakan and Beluran. There is a need to continue the curfew in these waters to prevent the encroachment of terrorists and criminals who can threaten the safety of locals, international researchers and tourists on islands, he said in a statement on Thursday (April 29).