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 ...
Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Jauteh Dikun ... was brought in over online comments about the recent eviction of Bajau Laut from their settlement in Semporna. ALSO READ: Displaced Palau have ...
Sabah Deputy Chief Minister I Datuk Seri Dr Jeffrey Kitingan highlighted that this issue is interconnected, with the Bajau Laut resorting to illegal fish hunting for sustenance and livelihood.
Bilkuin Jimmysali, Enidah Mulsid and Shima Manan are barely out of their teens but they have been vested with the responsibility to provide basic education to the children of their Bajau Laut ...
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.
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.