Body of man found after drowning incident in Sungai Stubah
BINTANGOR: The body of a 20-year-old man, Jackson Janang, who was feared to have drowned after falling into Sungai Stubah, has been discovered afloat on Thursday (June 8). Jackson, who had disabilities and suffered from seizures, was found around 1.05pm, approximately 500m downstream from where he fell into the river. Bintangor fire station chief Nicholas […]
Body of drown victim recovered
SRI AMAN: The body of a victim who fell off a boat last Monday (Feb 7) was recovered by villagers at Sungai Seterap, Lingga, on Wednesday (Feb 9) – but with the head and part of the limbs missing. The State Bomba Operations Centre said the body of Thein Wai Maung, a Myanmar national, was […]
Don’t wait, report sighting immediately: Maritime agency chief
KUCHING: Rescue efforts will be thwarted if the maritime community fails to act fast by reporting to the relevant agencies of sightings of drowned victims. Timely alerts are necessary for the immediate deployment of rescue assets to retrieve the victims. A case in point was the delay by a fisherman in reporting the discovery of […]
Rescuers recover body of drowning victim
KUCHING: Rescuers on Sunday (Mar 28) recovered the body of a 27-year-old man who allegedly jumped from Satok Bridge into the Sarawak River last Friday. Sarawak Fire Department director Khirudin Drahman revealed that the search teams found the victim’s body around 8.40am, about 300 metres from where he jumped. The deceased, identified as Mohammad Amirul […]
