Mother pleads for first born to come home
MELAKA:- “This Syawal has lost its meaning…I miss him very much, he’s my first child and the backbone of our family,” lamented Asiah Basiron whose son Muhd Akmal Sharul Nizam Ab Rahim, 22, has been missing for eight months. The mother of six said her son did not return home after leaving for work at […]
Shop loses RM35K worth of fishing equipment
KUCHING: A fishing tackle shop at Kota Sentosa Commercial Centre has lost RM35,000 worth of fishing equipment to burglars. Padawan district police chief, Supt Aidil Bolhassan, said that the thieves entered the shop through a hole that they made in an adjoining connecting wall separating a stairwell and the shop. He said the break-in happened […]
MCO defier missing in Rajang River
SIBU: A retired policeman who defied the ongoing movement control order (MCO) by going fishing in Rajang River was reported missing yesterday. District police chief, ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit, who confirmed the incident said 63-year-old Lim Lian Tiong from Jalan Permai Jaya was indeed missing. “He was fishing with his 29-year-old nephew when their boat […]
Missing man feared attacked by crocodile
KUCHING: A search-and-rescue (SAR) operation is underway for a 27-year-old man who has gone missing in what is suspected to be a crocodile attack at Telaga Air near here. The victim, Norizam Mat Sukur, is believed to have been attacked by a crocodile while fishing along Sungai Selang, Kampung Trombol Ulu, Jalan Telaga Air here, […]
Body of Buntal boy found
KUCHING: The body of a boy who fell from the Kampung Buntal jetty here last Monday was recovered at 3.50pm yesterday. The 11-year-old boy, identified as Mohd Zainol Arif Jailani, went fishing with his friends in the river near his home. It is believed that after he fell, he was swept away by strong currents. […]
Search for missing boy enters day 2
KUCHING: A search and rescue (SAR) operation for an 11-year-old boy believed to have drowned after fishing with his peers entered day two yesterday. According to the Sarawak Maritime Rescue Sub Centre, the operation began at 8am with the cooperation of personnel and officers of the Civil Defence Force (APM), Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba), […]
Trio reported missing in Lundu found safe
LUNDU: Three persons, who were reported missing on Monday night, were later found on the same night. According to the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) operations centre, the trio had gone out to look for clams near a river at Kampung Perigi, Lundu. Bomba was alerted after receiving information from the police on the missing […]
Two European tourists reported missing in nature reserve
KUCHING: Two European tourists were reported to have gone missing in the forest of the Semenggok Wildlife Centre for Orang Utan, about 25km from here, yesterday. The Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department operations centre said a worker of the wildlife centre lodged a missing person report after the two men failed to emerge from the forest when the […]
Security guard missing without trace
SIBU: An Indonesian security guard has been reported missing from a shipyard in Pulau Kerto last Tuesday morning (Feb 18). Marine police have been searching for Hanyyen, 41, since his elder brother, Mohd Nasir, reported him missing to the police. Sibu district police chief, Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said at about 6.30am that morning, the victim’s […]
Missing man found floating in river
SONG: The body of a 37-year-old Indonesian man identified as Harry Mahrain was found yesterday floating in Batang Rajang at Iran Camp, Song. The victim was believed to have drowned upriver at Wharf Pasar Baru, Kapit on Monday. A call concerning the find was received by the Fire and Rescue Department’s operations centre at 6.54am. […]
