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The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) and its Australian counterpart have launched a bilateral exercise at the Sepanggar naval base in Sabah state.

The Indonesian state-owned electricity company PLN on September 25 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with its Malaysian counterpart, Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB), to begin a feasibility study on exporting 600MW of power to the neighbouring country.

Ten Malaysian fishermen were kidnapped by suspected Islamic State-linked militants off Borneo island on June 18 and were taken to the southern Philippines, local police said.

Malaysian authorities have seized 30 tonnes of pangolins and their scales, valued at some 2 million USD, during raids on a factory and a warehouse in Sabah state.

Eight people were arrested by Malaysian police for their alleged involvement in terrorism between October 30 and November 12, according to a recent announcement of the local police.

The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) arrested former Sabah chief minister Musa Aman on November 5.

Malaysian police said on Feb. 21 that they had arrested 11 Malaysians and Filipinos for suspected link to terrorist organisations, including the Abu Sayyaf militant group in the southern Philippines.

About 500 members of Malaysian People’s Volunteer Corps (Rela) will be deployed to assist in monitoring security in Eastern Sabah Security Zone (Esszone) from January 2018.

Malaysian police have arrested eight militants of the Islamic State (IS)-linked Abu Sayyaf group in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur, the country’s authorities said.

The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) in the Eastern Sabah Security Zone should be on full alert of any threat to national security from the Islamic State (IS) or other extremist groups.

A Vietnamese merchant ship was saved from robbery or kidnapping recently thanks to the Malaysian Eastern Sabah Security Command (Esscom), according to the country’s Bernama News Agency. ​

Malaysia’s Sabah state’s police said that a boat carrying 15 people sank in Batu Payung waters, Tawau, Sabah state on February 8, leaving 13 missing.

Malaysia’s police on January 23 arrested four people, including three foreigners, who have connections with a branch in southern Philippines of the self-claimed Islamic State terrorist group.

A leader of the Philippine Islamic militant group Abu Sayyaf - Abraham Hamid - was killed by Malaysian security forces during a gun fight offshore Sabah state, Borneo island of Malaysia, on December 10.

Local authorities in Malaysia’s Sabah state have deported 400 Filipino undocumented immigrants back to the Philippines, The New Strait Times reported on November 15.

Gunmen have abducted two Indonesian fishermen off Malaysia’ eastern Sabah state, where a series of similar kidnappings were allegedly carried out by the Philippine Abu Sayyaf militant group

Two men were charged for supporting the terrorism Islamic State group at Magistrate’s Court in the Malaysian easternmost state of Sabah on October 24.

Relevant forces of Malaysia’s Sabah state captured 143 Philippine nationals and 15 Indonesians for illegally entering Malaysia through Sabah.

Malaysia has decided to lengthen a curfew in waters near the Philippines, the country’s news agency Bernama reported.

At least three fishermen were kidnapped in waters near the Pulau Pom Pom resort off Malaysia's Sabah state on September 10.