A lawmaker representing a Malaysian tourist town on the island of Borneo has come under fire after a viral video labelled it “Asia’s dirtiest town”, prompting condemnation from the public and fellow ...

The maritime dispute between Indonesia and Malaysia has resurfaced, an unresolved boundary issue that has lingered for more than four decades. The dispute stems from Malaysia’s 1979 map of its ...

KOTA KINABALU: A Chinese couple’s diving trip to Sipadan Is­land in Semporna turned tragic when the man ended up drowning. The 37-year-old victim and his wife were with a group of other divers and ...

The man, whose name has not been released, was part of a group of eight divers of various nationalities, accompanied by four guides and a boatman. The accident unfolded at around 10.45am, according to ...

Semporna police chief Sobri Zainol said the victim was part of a group of eight divers from various countries taking part in a resort-organised dive. (File pic) A 37-year-old Chinese tourist ...

On this day 25 years ago, Abu Sayyaf militants abducted 21 people – Malaysians and foreigners – from Sipadan Island, off the east coast of Sabah, Malaysia. (Bernama pic) Sometimes, the smallest ...

In this video we go Scuba Diving at the world famous Sipadan Island. Sipadan is a protected marine park and is top dive site in Malaysia. As a volcanic pinnacle island it has a sharp 650m drop off. We ...

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Of the 21 victims at the Sipadan Diving Resort in Malaysia, 10 were foreign tourists — three Germans, two Finnish, two South Africans, one Lebanese and two French. The rest — nine Malaysians and two ...

A Philippine court has convicted and sentenced to life 17 Islamic militants for kidnapping for ransom 21 people, including European tourists and Asian workers, from a dive resort in Malaysia more than ...