7 people reported safe after boat overturns in Lubok Antu
LUBOK ANTU: Seven persons who were reported to be floating in the waters of Aiman Resort last evening after their boat capsized have been found safe and sound. A spokesperson of the Sarawak Fire Department operations centre said they received a distress call about the capsizing event at 6.30pm. Firemen from Betong station were promptly deployed to […]
Body of missing fisherman found
KAPIT: The body of a man who was reported missing after a fishing trip turned tragic on Wednesday (May 25), was found in the river at Nanga Merirai today. A spokesman from the Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department operations centre said the victim identified as Julius Melina, 36, was found around 4.10pm. “The body was […]
Search for missing Isa enters Day 5
SEBUYAU: Thirty-five-year-old Isa Uja reported missing since Apr 20 at Sungai Rama, has still not been found four days into the search and rescue (SAR) operation. Last Wednesday morning, he was reported missing after the boat he was in capsized when it collided with a sand cargo ship in Sungai Rama around 3am. It was […]
Authorities call off search for missing skipper of doomed ship
TANJUNG MANIS: The search for the missing skipper of the ship Laning Drat that sank in Teluk Gelam last Thursday (Feb 10), has been called off. Rosman Bakar, 52, was among three persons aboard who fell into Batang Serdeng after the Laning Drat, carrying a cargo of excavators, capsized around 12am on that fateful day. […]
Rescuers find body of capsized ship crew
TANJUNG MANIS: An unidentified body believed to belong to one of the two missing crew of a ship which capsized at Batang Serdeng on Thursday, was found in Sungai Ipar Semop on Friday (Feb 11). A spokesman from the Sarawak Fire Department operations centre said the body was found around 5.30pm and was brought to […]
Body of man feared drowned found
SONG: The body of a 69-year-old man feared drowned at Jeram Giam, Ulu Sungai Katibas on Oct 30, was found today (Nov 2). A spokesman from the Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department operations centre said the body of the victim was found by villagers around 11.30am in a river near Rumah Ibi Batu Labang, some […]
Agency suspends search for 10 crewmen of capsized boat
KUCHING: Eight fishermen, a skipper and a crew are still missing at press time after their fishing vessel capsized this morning (Oct 2). Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Sarawak director, First Maritime Admiral Zin Azman Md Yunus confirmed that the incident happened about two nautical miles off Pulau Satang Besar, Telaga Air. After a report […]
Fisherman survives but father dies
MIRI: A fisherman survived while his father died after their boat capsized in the Lutong waters today (Tuesday), about 11 nautical miles southwest of Kuala Miri. Miri Maritime director, Maritime Captain Md Fauzi Othman, said the victim, identified as Sadan Seman, 87, and his son, Semido Sadan, 56, were thrown into the sea after their […]
Pregnant woman survives boat capsize
KUCHING: A pregnant woman was among the five who survived after their boat capsized at the Sungai Kanowit estuary today (Mar 3). State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) operations centre said the incident occurred when the survivors were making their way to Sungai Poi from Kanowit town. “Their boat sunk while trying to get out […]
Body of drowned man found
SONG: The body of a man, who drowned after his boat capsized in a river near Rumah Peragok, Nanga Tengadak last Wednesday (Dec 9), was found today. The State Fire Department operations centre said the body of Wilson Rimba, 25, was found around 12.15pm within a 500-metre radius from where his capsized boat was found. […]
