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Crystal Wu

The Bajau Laut is an indigenous seaborne community in Malaysia. They have lived off eastern Sabah for centuries in wooden homes built over water in the Tun Sakaran Marine Park.
However, a security crackdown on cross-border crime since June 2024 has left hundreds of Bajau Laut homeless, after authorities burned down and demolished what they described as illegal structures in the park in Semporna district.


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A security crackdown has left hundreds of the indigenous seaborne community homeless


A security crackdown has left hundreds of the indigenous seaborne community homeless.


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A security crackdown has left hundreds of the indigenous seaborne community homeless