Man dies after falling from bridge
KUCHING: A local man was pronounced dead after he allegedly fell into the river from the Batang Salak Bridge today (Feb 20). A spokesman for the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) identified the deceased as Voon Nyuk Shii, aged 34. Firefighters from the Petra Jaya station were dispatched to the scene at Jalan FAC after […]
Body of drowned dock coolie found
SIBU: The body of a dock coolie, identified as Hii Kee Soon, 48, who was feared to have drowned at Pulau Babi here on Saturday, has been found. According to Fire and Rescue Department Zone 4 chief Andy Alie, the body was found by the public around 8.40 am today. “The victim’s body was found […]
Hiker dies after falling 150m in German Alps
STUTTGART: A 34-year-old man fell 150m in the German Alps near Berchtesgaden and died, reported German news agency (dpa). According to the police on Monday, he had presumably followed a path that is often marked on mobile phone maps but does not exist. In the “rocky and grassy terrain, he probably slipped and then fell […]
Form Five student falls off school building
KUCHING: What was supposed to be a happy ‘back-to-school’ day for a Form Five student turned tragic today (Jan 20) when he allegedly fell from the third floor of a school building at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Petra Jaya. Kuching district police chief ACP Awang Din Awang Gani in confirming this, said the case was […]
Man who fell into Sarawak river found drowned
KUCHING: The body of a 33-year-old man who fell into the Sarawak River last Thursday was found yesterday near the Lajim river port in Kampung No. 6, here. The State Fire Department operations centre said the man, identified as Awangku Sahiful Awangku Sazali, was found afloat in the river about 2.5km from where he fell. […]
Foreign man feared drowned
TANJUNG MANIS: A foreign man was feared drowned after he fell off from a fishing boat. This took place in Tanjung Manis waters, 18 nautical miles away heading north sea on Tuesday. The victim, identified as Ikbal Ramadan, 27, from Indonesia was found missing around 3.15pm. Earlier around 9.45am the fishing boat departed from Fisheries […]
Fallen Indian national feared drowned
SIBU: An Indian national who reportedly fell down from his boat was feared to have drowned on Friday (July 24). In a statement issued by the Bomba Operations Centre (PGO), it was learnt that the incident happened at Sungai Sebedil, Batang Igan. The department said the victim was identified as 21-year-old Kumar Saurabh. “One of […]
