Two days earlier, Sabah police said they would question him in connection with videos depicting the demolition of Bajau Laut homes. The eviction of the Bajau Laut community in Semporna earlier ...

Sabah. Tagged as mastal arikik, which in the Bajau dialect means ‘little teacher’, the trio is doing what they can to teach the three Rs (reading, writing and arithmetic) to the children ...

The Bajau Laut (also known as Sea Gypsies) are nomadic seafaring people who traditionally live on boats and stilt houses in the waters around giant island Malaysian Borneo, Sabah, the Philippines ...

With over 100 food and beverage stalls, the Ramadan Bazaar at Sabindo Plaza is not just a bustling marketplace that fosters ...

KOTA KINABALU: Police are on the lookout for three Bajau Laut in connection with the murder of their neighbour who was alleged to have been forcibly snatched from his boat in Semporna district waters.

I am currently in Pulau Omadal, off the coast of Semporna in Sabah. It is a small island. So small that when I wake up in the morning to run my usual 5km run, I need to make four repetitive rounds ...

Sea nomads have faced decades of discrimination in postcolonial Southeast Asia. Malaysia’s recent mass evictions of the Bajau Laut are just the latest example.

Once discussions are finalised, we will make an official announcement," he said. Hajiji was speaking at the launch of Syukur 2025, at the Sabah Rumpun Bajau Sama Cultural Centre, here, today. Hajiji ...

A cornucopia of readily available ocean creatures that the Sampelan Bajau people can rely on when the weather is too bad to take to the seas. This isn’t going to settle down anytime soon.

The kids here are from the ethnic groups Sama-Bajau and Tausug. And despite speaking different languages, or some still learning how to read, they understand the story of the books they hold.