in Semporna

It was a highly traumatic Monday morning for school children and teachers when the pier of the Pulau Pababag jetty collapsed this morning.

MACC arrested six men, including five civil servants, on suspicion of soliciting bribes not to take action in a subsidised cooking oil-related case in Semporna last night.

Two youths drowned after the wooden jetty they were on with six others in Kampung Gading-Gading near Semporna, collapsed yesterday.

The residents lost their homes in a fire late last night involving about 100 temporary settlement homes in Kampung Bangau-Bangau.

Five individuals were found drowned when a pump boat carrying 20 passengers capsized off Pulau Tandoan, Timbun Mata near Semporna late yesterday.

Five stilt houses and a grocery shop in Kampung Panji here were destroyed in a fire yesterday evening.

Sabah Health Department has detected two new COVID-19 clusters, Kebagu cluster here and Papar as well as Tanjong Kapor cluster in Semporna involving a teacher and a pregnant woman as index cases.

The low level of compliance with the standard operating procedure (SOP) among Kampung Keramat residents in Semporna is the main reason behind the spike in positive COVID-19 cases in the locality.

All close contacts of infected individuals in Keramat Cluster, the new COVID-19 cluster in Semporna, have completed their first screening test today.

The National Security Council (MKN) will discuss the need for a new quarantine centre in Pulau Omadal in Semporna, Sabah at a special meeting tomorrow.

Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO) will be implemented at the Pokok Sena Prison in Kedah, six localities in Semporna and one locality in Kunak in Sabah from Oct 11 to 24.

Another new cluster was detected today, named the Bakau cluster in Semporna, Sabah of which three COVID-19 positive cases were reported.

Seven men were reported injured after a tourist boat caught fire at the Dive Floating Centre here, yesterday, involving four locals and three illegal immigrants.

Three engines with 17 firefighters were rushed to the scene after receiving an emergency call at 1.33 am.

A car skidded and caught fire here early today, causing one person to be burnt to death and another injured, according to the Semporna Fire and Rescue Station.

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