The Sulabayan assemblyman, when asked about the matter following complaints from the diving community in Semporna, said,"I will bring it to the Cabinet, I cannot elaborate.
“I will raise the matter in the Cabinet meeting and I hope locals, visitors or tourists in Semporna will comply with the stipulated rules," he said Tuesday after officiating a civil service seminar. Jaujan, who is also Sabah Local Government and Housing Minister, expressed regret over the deaths of two China tourists and their local dive instructor, while diving off Semporna waters on Friday .
Following the tragedy, the Semporna Professional Divers Association recently issued a statement urging authorities to check on scuba-diving operators suspected of illegally hiring foreigners as divemasters. According to the association’s chairman Abdul Razak Ismail, these foreigners who are freelance divemasters and scuba diving instructors, came to Sabah as tourists but moonlighted by teaching scuba diving or guiding fellow travellers for the activity.Across The Star Online
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