Crime & Safety around Tawau Sabah
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Indonesian man gets life, 12 strokes for drug trafficking in Tawau
An Indonesian man was sentenced to life imprisonment and 12 strokes of the cane by the Tawau High Court after being found guilty of trafficking 178.7 grams of methamphetamine. The offence took place in the waiting area of Tawau Ferry Terminal on 11 October 2024 as he was about to board a ferry to Nunukan, Indonesia.
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Foreigner fined RM20,000 for keeping 578kg cooking oil, 250 litres petrol without permit
A 34-year-old foreign national was fined RM20,000, or 12 months' jail in default, by the Sessions Court in Tawau on Friday for possessing controlled goods without a permit. Azmain Same pleaded guilty to holding 578kg of cooking oil and 250 litres of petrol on an unregistered wooden boat in waters off Kalapuan on Sept 6, which he admitted he meant to take to a neighbouring country. He was arrested by a Kunak General Operations Force team and charged under the Control of Supplies Act 1961.
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Three charged in Tawau with trafficking over 12kg of drugs
Three people, including a suspected drug runner and a mother of four, were charged in the Magistrate's Courts in Tawau on Friday with trafficking more than 12kg of drugs last month. The offences are alleged to have taken place at locations in Kampung Titingan, Jalan Abaca and Kampung Wakuba Gading, all along Jalan Apas. No plea was recorded and the cases were fixed for mention in October pending chemical and pathology reports.
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Kampung Tg Batu Keramat residents want Tawau council to act on stray dog pack
Residents of Kampung Tg Batu Keramat in Tawau are calling on the Tawau Municipal Council to deal with a pack of stray dogs roaming the village and attacking pets. One resident, Zulkifli Ahmad, said his cat Hitam was mauled by the dogs on Wednesday night and later died, and that earlier complaints led to only two dogs being caught.
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Woman jailed 15 months for false MyKad application
A 40-year-old woman was sentenced to 15 months in jail by the Magistrate's Court in Kota Kinabalu after pleading guilty to giving false information as guarantor for a child's MyKad application. The court heard she used her own biological child's birth certificate for another child at the Tawau NRD in 2023, and had sold that birth certificate to another person.
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Police arrest physiotherapist over threats to co-worker in Tawau
Police in Tawau arrested a 32-year-old physiotherapist after a 20-year-old woman reported being threatened at their workplace, a physiotherapy centre along Jalan Kabota. The suspect was picked up by the roadside at Leeka Industrial Park and is being investigated under Section 506 of the Penal Code for criminal intimidation.