FELDA SAHABAT, LAHAD DATU: `The villagers of Kampung Labian and Tanjung Batu have been allowed to return to their homes but Ops Daulat is continuing as security forces conduct mop up operations at Kg Sungai Bilis and Kg Lok Buani in the Tanjung Labian area.
Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Hamza Taib said some 26 of the 140 houses in Kg Tanjung Labian were completely destroyed while another 16 were damaged but still could be used.
A similar visit was made by heads of households from Kg Tanjung Batu where 23 of the 140 houses were completely destroyed while 45 was damaged but still could be used.
The Ops Daulat will not end until the security forces are confident that the remnants of Sulu terrorists are flushed out from pockets of areas where they are still holed up, said Hamza.
He said the security forces did not set a time limit when the operations would cease because the fight against the terrorists had spread as far as Semporna and Sandakan, apart from Lahad Datu.
“It (the halt) depends on the security situation in the targeted areas and the operations involved,” he told a news conference at Felda Sahabat near here Saturday.
Since Ops Daulat was launched 26 days ago, the security forces have killed 68 Sulu terrorists, and arrested 443 individuals for various offences and 121 more under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (Sosma).
He said the body of a terrorist killed on March 6 was retrieved from a battle scene in Kampung Tanjung Batu, Lahad Datu this morning to bring the total number of bodies recovered so far to 46.
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