China hunts for cop after three killed in attack
BEIJING: A manhunt was underway in southwest China Thursday with police offering a $15,000 bounty for a suspect in a gun attack that killed three people and injured two others, security officials said. Gun violence is rare in China, where the regulation on firearms is among the strictest in the world. The shooting occurred on […]
Search for Eric’s body intensifies in Muara Tebas
KUCHING: Police are intensifying search for the body of four-year-old Eric Chang Wei Jie, reported missing since Mar 7, and is believed to have been murdered and dumped into the river in Muara Tebas by his caretaker and husband. A team from Kuching Criminal Investigation Division (CID) are currently at the scene to conduct the […]
Man’s body found on fourth day
MIRI: The body of a 29-year-old man was found on Friday, on the fourth day of a search operation. A spokesman from the Sarawak Fire Department operations centre said the body of Abdul Wadud Dayyan Sastri was found face down by the public around 2.30pm in the Pabong area. He was reported missing after falling […]
Missing elderly man and granddaughter found safe
KOTA SAMARAHAN: An elderly man and his granddaughter who were feared missing in the forest of Kampung Binyok, here were found safe by rescuers. A spokesman for the State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) operations centre said Aidil Junit, 71, and Nurul Suhada, 12, were found at 2.43 am on Thursday (Jan 6). He said […]
Family alerts police after widower goes missing
MUKAH: Worried family members have turned to the police after a 44-year-old man failed to return after leaving home last Friday (Nov 5). Search efforts are continuing for widower Hanifah Ahmad who was last seen leaving his house at Kampung Tellian Laut here. A missing persons report was lodged by a relative, one Musa Ahmad, […]
Desperate search for survivors after India glacier disaster
TAPOVAN, India: Rescue workers battled through tonnes of rock and mud Tuesday searching for survivors in a choked Himalayan tunnel after a deadly flood — apparently triggered by a glacial burst — smashed through two mountain dam projects. More than 170 people were still missing, two days after a wall of water and debris hurtled […]
Drones facilitate searches for missing persons
KUCHING: Utilising drones to locate missing persons during search and rescue (SAR) operations has not only saved time but is more precise, said Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) director Khirudin Drahman. He said the department had deployed drones to aid its rescue teams to locate missing persons such as those attacked by crocodiles or […]
Hospital seeks kin of Nordin Yaacob
SIBU: Sibu Hospital is currently looking for kin or family members of a male patient known as Nordin Yaacob. According to a statement received from the hospital, the 59-year-old patient was found unconscious and sent to the hospital via ambulance on July 28. The patient has now completed treatment and should have been discharged from […]
Door-to-door search
Hunt for 3,000 close and casual contacts of Covid-19 positive persons starts today KUCHING: The Sarawak Health Department through the Samarahan District Health Office will be carrying out active case detection on nearly 3,000 individuals of close and casual contacts of Covid-19 positive persons in two locations in Samarahan beginning today (April 27). Minister of […]
