KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 26 — More countries have lifted warnings against visiting eastern Sabah, Foreign Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Mohammad Hasan told Parliament today, a move he said reflected growing confidence in Malaysia’s border security enforcement in the area.
Previously, some 25 countries had issued a Level 3 travel advisory for citizens travelling to Sabah, following several incidents of kidnappings by mostly armed Islamist militants and piracy.
Mohammad said during Question Time that the Eastern Sabah Security Command has been effective in deterring transborder crime in the region, made popular by its beautiful beaches, prompting “many” governments to drop the travel…