Search for missing boy enters day 2
KUCHING: A search and rescue (SAR) operation for an 11-year-old boy believed to have drowned after fishing with his peers entered day two yesterday. According to the Sarawak Maritime Rescue Sub Centre, the operation began at 8am with the cooperation of personnel and officers of the Civil Defence Force (APM), Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba), […]
APM will always answer call for help
SIMANGGANG: The Civil Defence Force here is always ready to render assistance if there is a call for help, said its officer, Captain Siti Huzaimah Ibrahim. According to her, the Malaysia Civil Defence Force (APM) receives various calls from the public. “There are a lot of cases such as accidents, destroying the nests of poisonous […]
20-year-old hit while crossing road
MIRI: A 20-year-old woman suffered minor injuries after she was hit by a car while crossing the road along Jalan Merbau here on Thursday. Prior to the 1.15pm accident, she was walking towards a building on the other side of the road to have lunch with a friend. A team of Miri Civil Defence force […]
Long snout croc ‘saved’
BETONG: The Betong Civil Defence Force (APM) managed to catch a nine-foot long false gharial (buaya jejulong) at an oil palm plantation in Tanjung Assam near here, yesterday. According to its officer Captain Usman Harto, the operation to catch the reptile was more of a rescue effort because they believed it was lost and was […]
14-foot python found in chicken coop
LIMBANG: A 14-foot python was found curled inside a chicken coop at Kampung Tanjung Riman here during heavy flooding here. A Limbang Civil Defence Force (APM) force led by SM(PA) Haziq Haikal Hamdan rushed to the scene in response to an alert about the discovery by villagers around 8.40am. It took them nearly 30 minutes […]
