Search underway for missing man
SERIAN: A search and rescue (SAR) operation was launched today for a 59-year-old man who was reported missing on April 8 after he failed to return from his farm at Kampung Pridan, Jalan Mentong Merau. A spokesman from the Sarawak Fire Department operations centre said they were alerted by Serian police at 9.40am. Upon receiving […]
A promise he will never get to keep …
SIBU: He promised to get back on time to send their children to the airport. But when he didn’t, she knew something was wrong. And on Monday (Feb 7), her worst nightmare came true when her retiree husband Sia Yik Heng, 63, was found drowned some distance away from where he had been fishing. He […]
`Search for missing elderly man still futile
SIBU: A search and rescue (SAR) operation was launched for an elderly man who was reported missing after failing to return from a fishing trip at Sungai Maaw, Paradom on Saturday (Feb 5). The victim identified as Sia Yii Jeng, 63, is said to have gone out fishing around 8am with a fishing net. Fearing […]
Family alerts police after widower goes missing
MUKAH: Worried family members have turned to the police after a 44-year-old man failed to return after leaving home last Friday (Nov 5). Search efforts are continuing for widower Hanifah Ahmad who was last seen leaving his house at Kampung Tellian Laut here. A missing persons report was lodged by a relative, one Musa Ahmad, […]
SAR launched for missing villager
BETONG: A Search and Rescue (SAR) operation was activated today (Sept 23) to locate a man who has been missing since Wednesday. Wan Belu, 60, had failed to return home after leaving his house at Rumah Edward in Layar near here to go fishing at around 4pm. The State Fire and Rescue Department operations centre […]
New lead as missing man’s boat found
BELAGA: New lead has emerged and the search for a missing man in Bakun continues into the fifth day of rescue operation today. The boat of the missing victim, Ali Lingak, was found in Batang Balui by villagers involved in the search and rescue (SAR) operation. According to Sarawak Fire and Rescue Operation Centre, the […]
Search for missing man continues
BELAGA: The search to locate a man, identified as Ali Lingak, reported to have gone missing at Long Selui, Uma Kelap Lama in Bakun since Mar 10, has entered day two today (Mar 23). The victim’s son said about 1pm on the day of the incident, he and his father had finished moving logs and […]
Search on for boy feared drowned
MARUDI: A 15-year-old boy is missing and feareddrowned while bathing in a river at Long Meraan here on Monday (Mar 8). The State Fire and Rescue Department, in a statement, said the department received a distress call on the boy’s disappearance at 10.50am yesterday (Mar 9), prompting a search-and-rescue (SAR) operation to be mounted. On […]
Body of drowned octogenarian found
BELAGA: Search parties have found the body of an 84-year-old man from Rh Aging, Long Daah, who was reported missing after failing to return home last Tuesday. The State Fire Department operations centre disclosed that the body of Ngo Lalo, was found afloat in Rajang River around 5.20pm last Friday. The body was found by […]
Missing man found safe behind mosque
DARO: A 35-year-old man in Kampung Lemang Pek who was reported missing since Thursday was found safe today. The man who was said to have left his house on Thursday evening did not return home which prompted his fellow villagers to search for him near a cemetery where was last seen. He was not there. […]
