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SAR for missing elderly man continues

MIRI: The search for a missing 72-year-old man resumed as the authorities step up their search and rescue (SAR) operation. The elderly man went missing on Monday (Mar 20) after failing to return home from his farm near Kampung Tiris Bekenu. Yesterday, (Mar 23), firemen from the Batu Niah fire station received a distress call […]

Body of missing man recovered at Pulau Salak waters

KUCHING: The body of a man who went missing on Wednesday (March 15) was finally found on the third day of the search and rescue (SAR) operations at Pulau Salak waters today. According to a Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) spokesperson, the body of the deceased, Win Myat Thu, 19, from Myanmar, was located within […]

SAR for man feared drowned in Batang Igan

SIBU: A search and rescue (SAR) operation has been initiated to locate a local man reported missing in Batang Igan after he allegedly fell from Igan Bridge yesterday (Feb 20). The victim has been identified as Kong Sien Chei, 50. The incident is believed to have happened around 5pm and rescue agencies were promptly deployed […]

SAR ops to end as quake-hit Türkiye moves to shelter homeless

ANKARA: Turkish authorities have almost completed search and rescue work nearly two weeks after massive earthquakes claimed more than 40,000 lives in the country, a Turkish disaster agency said yesterday. Search and rescue operations are still underway in 40 buildings of two heavily-damaged southern provinces, Hatay and Kahramanmaras, head of Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management […]

Anwar conveys condolences to Turkiye quake victims

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has conveyed his condolences to the families of the victims as well as to all countries affected by the deadly earthquake that hit the Kahramanmaras province in southern Turkiye today. Anwar said a team from the Special Malaysia Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (SMART) is flying to […]

SAR ops uses drones to locate missing IPTS student  

MERSING: Drones are being used in the search and rescue (SAR) operation to locate a private institution of higher learning (IPTS) student, who went hiking in Pulau Mawar, here, and has been missing since Wednesday. Mersing district police chief Supt Abdul Razak Abdullah Sani said a drone belonging to the Mersing district office was used […]

SAR ends for man missing at sea

KUCHING: Authorities have called off the search and rescue (SAR) operation for an unidentified man feared to have drowned at sea near Kampung Pasir Pandak after a fruitless search lasting for six days. A spokesman for the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said rescuers could not find any clues to the victim’s whereabouts since Jan […]

45 ops keep canines and handlers busy

KUCHING: K9 Units were involved in 45 operations across the state last year. Their services were deployed in over 24 operations for SAR cadaver and wilderness operations and 21 operations in the FI discipline. The K9 unit was expanded to Sarawak and Sabah in 2018 and each state was given six K9 dogs for three […]

SAR for senior citizen found missing on New Year’s Day

MIRI: An 61-year-old man was reported missing from his home in Kuala Suai since Jan 1. Batu Niah Fire and Rescue station chief Rary Binjie said they received an emergency call from his family members at 9.54pm, prompting a search by his children. The family realised that he went missing since 11am from Sunday (Jan […]

Salute the unsung heroes of Batang Kali

I’ve always seen first responders as unsung heroes and very special people because, when everyone else is running away from danger, they run into it. — Dwayne Johnson, American actor Following the end of the search and rescue (SAR) operation at the Batang Kali landslide site on Christmas Eve, I would like to pay my […]