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Lahad Datu (Malay: Bandar Lahad Datu) is the capital of the Lahad Datu District in the Dent Peninsula on Tawau Division of Sabah, Malaysia. Its population was estimated to be around 27,887 in 2010. [1] The town is surrounded by stretches of cocoa and palm oil plantations. It is also an important timber exporting port.
The Lahad Datu incursion has had lasting impacts for the people of Sabah. [31] Before this incursion, the government of Malaysia continued to dutifully pay an annual cession payment amounting to roughly $1,000 to the indirect heirs of the Sultan honoring an 1878 agreement, where North Borneo – today’s Sabah – was conceded by the late ...
The name "Lahad Datu" comes from the Bajau language, "Lahad" means the place and "Datu" means the dignity of certain people during the sultanate era.The place name traced its roots from the migration of Datu-datu from the Sultanate of Sulu led by Datu Puti as a result of the handing over this area by the Sultanate of Brunei to Sulu after the Brunei Civil War.
The Eastern Sabah Security Zone (ESSZONE) is a security zone in the Malaysian state of Sabah that was launched by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on 25 March 2013 following persistent attacks by pirates and militants from the southern Philippines that occurred in the eastern part of Sabah especially after the 2013 Lahad Datu standoff. [1]
1 March – Lahad Datu standoff: Two Malaysian police commandos were killed and three police commandos were injured in a shootout between the Malaysian police and the Sulu intruders at the village of Tanduo near Lahad Datu, Sabah. Almost 14 Sulu intruders were killed in a shootout. An immediate curfew was imposed at Lahad Datu town.
Silam is a state constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that is represented in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly.Previously this constituency was named Lahad Datu before swaping change to named Silam from name of parliamentary on 17 July 2019 and presenting for the first time for snap election [1]
As with the rest of Sabah, the division also has large numbers of ethnic Chinese. [3] Tawau port is the third largest port after Kota Kinabalu and Sandakan. The port serves as a major timber and agricultural products export centre. [5] There are two domestic airports serving the Tawau division: one in Tawau and one in Lahad Datu. [1]
Lahad Datu is a federal constituency in Tawau Division (Kunak District and Lahad Datu District) and Sandakan Division (Kinabatangan District), Sabah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 2019 was renamed from Silam. [2]