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<p>Kampung Sembulan Tengah is literally a &#8220;village in the city&#8221;, a slum just a stone&#8217;s throw away from the modern highrise buildings in the centre of Kota Kinabalu. Once known as a &#8220;black area&#8221; full of drug addicts and criminals, locals still avoid it but to the many immigrants, this is where home is as they eke out a living amid the harsh conditions.</p>
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She lives with her three daughters and other relatives." ><div class="rbs-img-thumbs"  data-thumbnail="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/kampung-sembulan4.jpg"  title="kampung sembulan4"  data-width="800"  data-height="500" ></div><div class="rbs-img-data-popup"  data-popup="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/kampung-sembulan4.jpg"  title="kampung sembulan4" ></div><div class="thumbnail-overlay"><div class="rbsIcons"><i class="fa fa-search-plus rbsZoomIcon " ></i></div></div></div><div class="rbs-img-content">Pernama hangs her clothes to dry outside the rickety wooden structure she calls home. She lives with her three daughters and other relatives.</div></div><div class="rbs-img  category1330513 " ><div class="rbs-img-image   rbs-lightbox "  data-descbox="Pernama, her nephew and niece looking out the window of their simple house." ><div class="rbs-img-thumbs"  data-thumbnail="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/kampung-sembulan5.jpg"  title="kampung sembulan5"  data-width="800"  data-height="500" ></div><div class="rbs-img-data-popup"  data-popup="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/kampung-sembulan5.jpg"  title="kampung sembulan5" ></div><div class="thumbnail-overlay"><div class="rbsIcons"><i class="fa fa-search-plus rbsZoomIcon " ></i></div></div></div><div class="rbs-img-content">Pernama, her nephew and niece looking out the window of their simple house.</div></div><div class="rbs-img  category1330513 " ><div class="rbs-img-image   rbs-lightbox "  data-descbox="Kerajaan Sabah merangka tujuh program untuk membasmi kemiskinan tegar dengan pelbagai pendekatan." ><div class="rbs-img-thumbs"  data-thumbnail="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/kampung-sembulan6.jpg"  title="kampung sembulan6"  data-width="800"  data-height="500" ></div><div class="rbs-img-data-popup"  data-popup="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/kampung-sembulan6.jpg"  title="kampung sembulan6" ></div><div class="thumbnail-overlay"><div class="rbsIcons"><i class="fa fa-search-plus rbsZoomIcon " ></i></div></div></div><div class="rbs-img-content">Kerajaan Sabah merangka tujuh program untuk membasmi kemiskinan tegar dengan pelbagai pendekatan.</div></div><div class="rbs-img  category1330513 " ><div class="rbs-img-image   rbs-lightbox "  data-descbox="A family of Filipino migrants at the water village. Many of the villagers do menial work in the city.  " ><div class="rbs-img-thumbs"  data-thumbnail="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/kampung-sembulan7.jpg"  title="kampung sembulan7"  data-width="800"  data-height="500" ></div><div class="rbs-img-data-popup"  data-popup="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/kampung-sembulan7.jpg"  title="kampung sembulan7" ></div><div class="thumbnail-overlay"><div class="rbsIcons"><i class="fa fa-search-plus rbsZoomIcon " ></i></div></div></div><div class="rbs-img-content">A family of Filipino migrants at the water village. Many of the villagers do menial work in the city.  </div></div><div class="rbs-img  category1330513 " ><div class="rbs-img-image   rbs-lightbox "  data-descbox="A boy stops by a stall selling crackers and sweets on his way to school." ><div class="rbs-img-thumbs"  data-thumbnail="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/kampung-sembulan8.jpg"  title="kampung sembulan8"  data-width="800"  data-height="500" ></div><div class="rbs-img-data-popup"  data-popup="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/kampung-sembulan8.jpg"  title="kampung sembulan8" ></div><div class="thumbnail-overlay"><div class="rbsIcons"><i class="fa fa-search-plus rbsZoomIcon " ></i></div></div></div><div class="rbs-img-content">A boy stops by a stall selling crackers and sweets on his way to school.</div></div><div class="rbs-img  category1330513 " ><div class="rbs-img-image   rbs-lightbox "  data-descbox="Boys go around the slum collecting empty cans that they sell for some pocket money.
" ><div class="rbs-img-thumbs"  data-thumbnail="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/kampung-sembulan9.jpg"  title="kampung sembulan9"  data-width="800"  data-height="500" ></div><div class="rbs-img-data-popup"  data-popup="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/kampung-sembulan9.jpg"  title="kampung sembulan9" ></div><div class="thumbnail-overlay"><div class="rbsIcons"><i class="fa fa-search-plus rbsZoomIcon " ></i></div></div></div><div class="rbs-img-content">Boys go around the slum collecting empty cans that they sell for some pocket money.
</div></div><div class="rbs-img  category1330513 " ><div class="rbs-img-image   rbs-lightbox "  data-descbox="Makeshift houses on loose stilts in Kampung Sembulan Tengah are in stark contrast to the modern condominiums in the background.  
" ><div class="rbs-img-thumbs"  data-thumbnail="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/kampung-sembulan10.jpg"  title="kampung sembulan10"  data-width="800"  data-height="500" ></div><div class="rbs-img-data-popup"  data-popup="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/kampung-sembulan10.jpg"  title="kampung sembulan10" ></div><div class="thumbnail-overlay"><div class="rbsIcons"><i class="fa fa-search-plus rbsZoomIcon " ></i></div></div></div><div class="rbs-img-content">Makeshift houses on loose stilts in Kampung Sembulan Tengah are in stark contrast to the modern condominiums in the background.  
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