Search for Batang Seterap drowning victim fruitless
LINGGA: The search and rescue (SAR) operation for a Myanmar national feared drowned in Batang Seterap came to nothing on Tuesday (Feb 8). The victim, identified as Thein Wai Maung, 35, is yet to be found on Day Two. Tuesday’s operation, which involved firefighters, police, Civil Defence Force (APM), Lingga Health Clinic, Kapal Ketara Sepuluh, […]
SAR launched for man who fell off vessel
LINGGA: A search and rescue (SAR) operation was activated on Monday (Feb 7) to locate a foreign worker feared drowned at Batang Seterap. A spokesman from the Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department operations centre said the victim was identified as Thein Wai Maung, 35, from Myanmar. Sri Aman firemen rushed to the scene after receiving […]
Body of drowned teenager found
SARIKEI: Rescuers has found the body of a teenager reported missing after falling off a fishing vessel in Batang Rajang last Wednesday. The victim, Muhd Imran Najmi Mohtar, 17, was found floating about 100 metres from where the fishing vessel was anchored at around 11.30am this morning. Sarikei Fire and Rescue Station chief Mahmudin Narudin […]
Search for man who fell overboard turns up empty
KUCHING: The search for a man who fell overboard from a fishing vessel in the waters off Igan, Mukah has been called off after five days. Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) acting Bintulu director Cmdr (Maritime) Effendy Mohamed Fadil said after five days of carrying out search and rescue operations at sea and around the […]
Search for man missing in Igan waters goes on
KUCHING: An operation to search for and rescue a man who fell from a fishing vessel in Igan waters continued today (Apr 13). Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Bintulu acting director Maritime Commander Effendy Mohamed Fadil said the search scope, which entered its third day today, was narrowed by focusing on only 44.8 nautical miles […]
