Father’s wait is over
BAU: A father’s wait came to an end after his son’s body trapped in the cave hole of Mount Tabai here was successfully retrieved today. Tapa Monya, 73, ate only a piece of candy and refused to eat throughout the third day of the search and rescue (SAR) operation as he waited for rescuers to […]
Rescuers finally retrieve dead miner
BAU: Rescuers finally retrieved the body of Martin Mat Tapa which was crushed under a boulder in a hole some 80 metres deep at Mount Tabai today, after three days of search and rescue efforts. The effort came as a surprise because rescuers had almost halted the retrieval operation following unwarranted conditions at the scene. […]
Efforts to extricate victim’s body of the gold mining tragedy to continue
BAU: Rescuers will continue the search and rescue (SAR) operation to extricate the body of a man trapped in a cave at Mount Tabai here following requests from the victim’s family. Bau district police chief Poge Nyaon said the victim’s family had requested for the body to be retrieved so that a proper funeral could […]
Gunung Tabai Cave to be sealed off
KUCHING: The Gunung Tabai Cave in Bau will be sealed off from public access with immediate effect. Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Aidi Ismail said he has ordered the district police to seal off the area after last Wednesday’s tragedy in which an illegal gold miner lost his life. He said the action was taken in […]
One miner dead, two others safe
BAU: An attempt by three villagers to dig for gold at Gunung Tabai Cave near Kampung Bidi, Krokong ended with one of them dead – buried under a rockfall today. Rescuers had to put off efforts to extract the body of Mat Tapa, aged 25 from Kampung Bijuray Monggag from under the rubbles inside a […]
