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3,000 Flood Evacuees in Sabah

Sep 17, 2025

The number of flood evacuees in Sabah has crossed the 3,000 mark. 

According to the Social Welfare Dept's portal, the majority are in Putatan, where nearly a thousand people have been taken to temporary flood shelters, while there are 800-plus evacuees in Membakut.  

The remainder are at relief centres in Beaufort, Penampang, Papar and Sipitang.  

Meanwhile, 66 people are at flood centres in Miri, Sarawak.  

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As of this morning, over 50 schools have been affected by floods in Sabah and Sarawak. 

The Education Ministry says this includes six schools that have been converted into temporary flood shelters.  

The Ministry has also expressed its condolences to the families of four students who died due to floods and landslides in Sabah.  

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Meanwhile, Sabah Electricity says search efforts are underway for one of the utility's workers who was swept away by floodwaters in Keningau.  

The incident happened as he was conducting works to restore power to a village there.  

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In non-flood news, police are still investigating the extortion emails sent to several political figures recently. 

The IGP says one area of focus, is to determine if the motive was purely financial, or if it there were any political elements.  

So far, 10 people have claimed that they received the threatening emails, but only 4 have lodged official police reports.  

The emails threatened to release AI-generated explicit videos of the recipients if they fail to pay hundreds of thousands of ringgit.  

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Elsewhere, the IGP says police are still trying to identify the suspects who attacked the son of Datuk Seri Rafizi Ramli in Putrajaya last month.  

However, their efforts have been hampered by poor quality CCTV footage.