KOTA KINABALU, June 29 — Type in “Bajau Laut” and Google will show you hundreds of photos of joyful, carefree kids tumbling into clear turquoise waters atop coral reefs or...
Indira fails in lawsuit against IGP over abducted daughter’s recovery, court says police didn’t neglect duties to find ex-husband
The traditional homes housing families are now seen being sawed off their stilts, pushed down by men or taken down by boats manned by enforcement authorities. But depleting resources means that the Bajau Laut are made more vulnerable and their poverty has resulted in an unsavoury reputation. With no citizenship, they may have no allegiances; and Malaysian authorities have sometimes portrayed them as being insiders to major crimes.
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