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One man missing after Typhoon Hinnamnor hits S. Korea

BUSAN, South Korea: Typhoon Hinnamnor made landfall in South Korea early Tuesday, causing power outages and leaving one person missing, but with few early reports of major damage as it headed back to sea. The typhoon, one of the most powerful to bear down on the country in decades, hit the country’s southern island of […]

Still no sign of missing man

SIBU: The search and rescue (SAR) operation for a missing 25-year-old man at the Batang Igan Bridge has intensified as the search radius increased. On Saturday, the  search for Yong Dock Ho continued  for the third day as Bomba, police and the Civil Defence Force (APM) searched  the water surface. The State Fire and Rescue […]

Search launched for missing dad in Kpg Kekan Dalat

MUKAH: A father was reported missing after failing to return home since yesterday. The victim is said to have gone into a forest near Kampung Kekan Dalat around 8am and had not returned home ever since. His family members alerted authorities for search assistance. Firemen from Mukah station received a distress call around 7.55am this […]

Missing man found safe

SARIKEI: A man who went missing since Wednesday (July 13) was found at his longhouse. Reports received by the State Fire and Rescue Operation Centre (Bomba) said the victim, Budom Inchikong, 44, was found by a longhouse resident in a safe condition. “The search and rescue (SAR) team received the information at 9.30am this morning […]

Missing man, 60, found safe

MIRI: An elderly man, aged 60, who was reported missing on Thursday morning was found unharmed on Friday evening by several plantation workers nearby a longhouse in Sungai Telong, Suai Niah. According to Batu Niah Fire and Rescue station chief Rary Binjie, the man Rubat Jerie Naning, was found by the workers at 3.06pm in […]

Missing man found safe by plantation workers

MIRI: A 60-year-old man, who was reported missing on Thursday morning has been found safe on the next day. Batu Niah Fire and Rescue station chief Rary Binjie said the victim, identified as Rubat Jerie Naning, was found at a longhouse in Sungai Telong Suai Niah. “He was found safe but in a weak condition […]

SAR operation for missing man postponed

BELAGA: The search and rescue (SAR) operation to locate one Balan Lebung who had gone missing for over a week from Rumah Uma Kulit, Long Mitik, will be temporarily postponed. A spokesperson from the Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department said the decision to put the operation on hold, was due to the alleged sighting of […]

3 rescued, 2 others still missing after ship capsizes off Batang Igan

MUKAH: Two crew members were reported missing while three others survived following a shipwreck at Kampung Bungan Kecil, Batang Igan today. According to a report from Sungai Merah police at 4.20am, they received a report from a passerby stating that a sand cargo ship named ‘Yu Lee’ had capsized off Batang Igan. Firemen from Mukah […]

Man gone unnoticed from hospital

MIRI: A local elderly man went missing from a hospital and the district police are on the lookout for the man. Miri district police chief  ACP Alexson Naga Chabu in a statement yesterday said that a police report was lodged regarding the 63-year-old man who went missing at 1.36pm on Tuesday (June 21). He reportedly […]

Authorities launch SAR op for man missing in Bakun

BAKUN: Authorities have launched a search and rescue (SAR) operation for a man, who is believed to have fallen into a river. The Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said the matter was handed over to Belaga Bomba by the Belaga District police on Tuesday (June 21) at 3.15pm. According to the police, the missing man, […]