Situation under control, safe to visit Ranau district

In light of this, he hoped more domestic and foreign tourists would visit the district, saying it had many interesting destinations and features.

"Currently, everything is under control and there should be no doubts about the situation here. I hope more tourists will come," he told reporters after participating in the KL2017 torch run in Kundasang, near here, Monday.

It was held in conjunction with the coming 29th SEA Games and 9th ASEAN Para Games with Kuala Lumpur as the host city.

Ewon was asked to comment on the current situation in Ranau district after it was hit by an earthquake of 5.9 magnitude on the Richter scale on June 5, last year which killed 18 people including four mountain guides who were on Mount Kinabalu at the time of the incident.

Today is the second anniversary of the tragedy.

Ewon said the incident which happened two years ago and those who lost their lives would always be remembered and hopefully, it would not recur in the district.

He also thanked and expressed his appreciation once again to all those including the government for taking immediate action and helping the victims of the tragedy.