Villager hopes missing brother returns safely
KUCHING: “My brother brings joy to the family whenever he’s around,” said Awang Ali Awang Hamsawi, elder brother of Awang Omar Awang Hamsawi who has been missing since Saturday (Oct 2). Awang Omar is the only person still not found after a fishing boat carrying 10 persons, capsized about two nautical miles off Pulau Satang […]
SAR continues for missing fishing boat operator
KUCHING: A search and rescue operation has been launched for a fishing boat operator reported missing after the boat with ten persons on board capsized about two nautical miles off Pulau Satang Besar on Saturday. In the incident, eight anglers and the boat’s skipper have been safely accounted for. All nine individuals wearing life jackets […]
Why stop search for missing boat crew, asks minister
KUCHING: Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah has reprimanded a Search and Rescue (SAR) team for stopping its search for the 10 missing victims of a fishing boat that capsized off Pulau Satang at 6.30pm on Saturday. The fishing boat had capsized in the morning. “I was told that the SAR […]
Detailed investigations on into diver’s death
KUCHING: The authorities have started detailed investigations into the death of Chong Su Sian who drowned while diving near Pulau Satang on April 17. The body of the 31-year-old diver was found last Thursday, some 52 kilometres from the dive site, about 16.4 nautical miles north of Tanjung Po. Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Sarawak […]
Search for missing diver continues
KUCHING: The search and rescue (SAR) operations for a 31-year-old woman feared drowned during a diving activity in Pulau Satang waters, entered day two on Monday (Apr 19). Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Sarawak director First Admiral (Maritime) Zin Azman Md Yunus said the search sector today covered an area of 466.68 nautical miles around […]
Woman diver feared drowned off Pulau Satang
KUCHING: A diving activity about 23 nautical miles north of Pulau Satang last Saturday, turned tragic when a 31-year-old woman is feared drowned. The incident happened around 4pm when the victim, identified as Chong Su Sian, an experienced diver, went on a diving trip with eight other divers. Chong reportedly decided to make a last […]
