FEATURE | As early as the 15th century, the Bajau Laut moved around freely in the Sulu Zone – the area around the Sulu Sea and Celebes Sea – until the concept of national borders came into being. Many ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Rights activists have slammed the displacement of hundreds of sea nomads after their stilt homes in a Malaysian marine park on Borneo island were demolished. But the ...

The Bajau Laut are a Southeast Asian people that have lived for centuries in the seas around Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. The Bajau make their living spearfishing and selling to Hong Kong ...

For some of us, owning a home by the sea is something of a dream. But for the Bajau Laut, stateless sea gypsies who live off the coast of Borneo, life on the water is just a part of who they are.

SEMPORNA, Malaysia (Reuters) - Patches of palm thatch entwined with a few forlorn stilts sticking out of the emerald waters in a Malaysian marine park off the island of Borneo are the only traces ...

The Centre for Human Rights Research and Advocacy, or Centhra, said the Bajau Laut have inhabited these regions for centuries, predating modern national borders. The authorities must cease the ...

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Activist Mukmin Nantang of the Borneo Komrad group has been charged with sedition after posting videos of Bajau Laut evictions. The indigenous Bajau Laut ethnic community should not be deemed as ...

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama) – Bilkuin Jimmysali, Enidah Mulsid and Shima Manan are barely out of their teens but they have been vested with the responsibility to provide basic education to the children of ...

The demolition of a Bajau Laut settlement in Sabah has put the spotlight on statelessness in Malaysian Borneo, as activists threaten to march on parliament to demand recognition for marginalised ...