A number of items were taken from the islanders including watches, petrol, cash, mobile phones and even dried fish. FMTNews Sabah
KOTA KINABALU: Three men including two General Operations Force personnel have been arrested for robbing residents on an island off Pitas, a remote district in northern Sabah.
It was learnt that the armed suspect fired several rounds into the air and water as the boat approached the island.They also assaulted several of the residents before telling two villagers to buy syabu, or methamphetamine, at a nearby island.
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