Sandakan: Habitat loss and poaching have led to a decline of up to 30 per cent of the Malayan sun bear population in the last three decades, according to the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre (BSBCC).

Tawau: Occupants of some 40 houses in Kg Tanjung Batu Tengah near Bukit Kukusan - where a huge boulder came crashing down during blasting by a quarry firm recently - have started to vacate following expiry of the eviction notice to move out from the 8.06 acre site, Monday.