`Search for missing elderly man still futile
SIBU: A search and rescue (SAR) operation was launched for an elderly man who was reported missing after failing to return from a fishing trip at Sungai Maaw, Paradom on Saturday (Feb 5). The victim identified as Sia Yii Jeng, 63, is said to have gone out fishing around 8am with a fishing net. Fearing […]
Body of missing man found afloat
SONG: The body of a 27-year-old man reported missing on Thursday (Jan 6) was found afloat in Batang Rajang at Temalat this morning (Jan 8). A spokesman from the Sarawak Fire Department operations centre said the victim, identified as Robin Etok, was found by Song police around 10.05am. The body was retrieved and brought to […]
Search goes on for missing fisherman
TANJUNG MANIS: Search operations are continuing for a 26-year-old fisherman who was reported missing at sea last Saturday. Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Tanjung Manis zone director Maritime Commander Gilbert Tinggak said the operation on Tuesday (Nov 23) expanded its search radius to 92.75 nautical square miles with assets from the Fire Department, Marine Police […]
Don’t wait, report sighting immediately: Maritime agency chief
KUCHING: Rescue efforts will be thwarted if the maritime community fails to act fast by reporting to the relevant agencies of sightings of drowned victims. Timely alerts are necessary for the immediate deployment of rescue assets to retrieve the victims. A case in point was the delay by a fisherman in reporting the discovery of […]
Missing woman found – safe and sound
JULAU: Ijah Lassa, who was reported missing while looking for jungle produce in Nanga Lijan on June 1, has been found safe and sound six days after the search operation was halted on June 16. The 54-year-old was found around 9am today (June 22) in a farm hut belonging to residents of Rumah Banggau, Lubok […]
SAR operations for missing man called off
KUCHING: A search and rescue (SAR) operations for a man reported missing while foraging the forest near Nanga Lijan, Bintangor was called off today after rescuers found no new clue to help locate the victim. The State Fire and Rescue Department operations centre said the SAR team, together with the local tuai rumah and the […]
Elderly couple rescued in SAR ops
KUCHING: An elderly couple reported missing when out looking for rattan wood at Sungai Janting in Bintangor was successfully rescued by firefighters on Wednesday night (May 5). Klang Entalai, 74 and Achang Unja, 58 were found by firefighters at around 11.30pm at a distance of 4.5km from their last known location. The Bintangor Fire and […]
