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Tawau trio nabbed for breaching safety rules while transporting fuel • Jan. 23, 2025, 3:38 AM ET (The Star)
Headless body of endangered baby elephant found in Sabah • Jan. 20, 2025, 4:02 PM ET (Straits Times)
Tawau man arrested for raping teenage neighbour • Jan. 17, 2025, 3:27 AM ET (The Star)
80 houses in Tawau water village up in smoke in Sunday morning fire • Jan. 11, 2025, 3:54 PM ET (The Star)
Local skipper detained in Tawau waters for failing to declare cargo • Jan. 7, 2025, 10:05 PM ET (The Star)

Tawau, port, northeastern Sabah state, East Malaysia. It lies on the northeastern shore of Cowie Harbour, which is an inlet of the Celebes Sea. Once notorious for smuggling with the Philippines and neighbouring Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo), the city is now the administrative and service centre for a developing agricultural district (coconuts, rubber, cocoa, oil palm, and abaca). The port exports timber, copra, and hemp. Tawau has an airport and a small road network. Pop. (2001 est.) 164,000.