Security control in the waters of the district was deemed satisfactory.

It covers Tawau, Semporna, Kunak, Lahad Datu, Kinabatangan, Sandakan and Beluran.

The effort to trace kidnapping cases in ESSZone akin to a game of 'cat-and-mouse', says ESSCom commander Hazani Ghazali.

The curfew covers the waters off Tawau, Semporna, Kunak, Lahad Datu, Kinabatangan, Sandakan and Beluran.

The curfew in the waters off seven districts in the ESSZone was scheduled to end tomorrow.

The curfew, from 6pm to 6am, covers Tawau, Semporna, Kunak, Lahad Datu, Kinabatangan, Sandakan and Beluran.

The decline follows close cooperation between Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines.

The 6pm to 6am curfew will continue to apply in 7 districts, says Sabah police chief Omar Mammah. 

Sabah police commissioner says Abu Sayyaf militants still active in carrying out cross-border crimes.

Sabah police commissioner says the curfew, which was due to end tomorrow, will be extended to Mar 12.

The fishermen disappeared the same day a trawler was attacked in the same area.

This particularly in areas suspected of being the routes and staging points of cross-border crimes, including kidnappings.

He also tells Sabah PKR to work towards becoming the main bloc in the state government.

The kidnapping of the two fishermen was the first such case in Esszone in two years.

This except for security forces or those without permits, says Esscom commander. 

Those living in the affected areas are not allowed to enter the waters between 6pm and 6am.

Cops say extension due to info on Abu Sayyaf planning to breach Esszone to carry out kidnappings.

Warisan chief had said Rela members unskilled, and would be voting in GE14 by post.

The curfew covers the waters off of Tawau, Semporna, Kunak, Lahad Datu, Kinabatangan, Sandakan and Beluran.

According to the PM's Department, no intruders have breached the Esszone in 2017. 

Dusk-to-dawn curfew for seven districts of the Eastern Sabah Security Zone was set to end at 6pm tomorrow.

The curfew covers waters off seven districts and residents should remain indoors from 6pm till 6am .

Police to step up security at Esszone to dissuade criminal activities like smuggling of illegal immigrants. 

The Eastern Sabah Security Command (Esscom) was established for the Eastern Sabah Security Zone (Esszone), a Malaysian security area that covers 1,400km of the east coast of Sabah from Kudat to Tawau.

The 6pm to 6am curfew involves Tawau, Semporna, Kunak, Lahad Datu, Kinabatangan, Sandakan and Beluran.

The 6pm to 6am curfew covers waters off Tawau, Semporna, Kunak, Lahad Datu, Kinabatangan, Sandakan and Beluran.

The curfew in the waters off seven districts in the Eastern Sabah Security Zone was to end today.

Curfew will be enforced from 6pm to 6am from tomorrow to Nov 11. 

This caused difficulties in safeguarding Sabah waters and also led to several cases of abductions.

Police say this was to ensure the waters there were not encroached upon by armed gunmen.