Lahad Datu Started At Kg Silam

Kg Silam, a coastal village on the Lahad Datu-Tawau highway was said to have been the place where Lahad Datu first started, but because of the pirates attacks, it was moved to the present site where Lahad Datu town is right now. The Idahan Community from Madai/Baturong went to Kg Silam to sell their goods including the bird's nests and other forest products.

The Idahan who used to be pagan converted to Islam and most of them as now Muslim..