Man drowns while bathing
SIBURAN: A 31-year-old man drowned while bathing at a riverbank near a water treatment plant at Kampung Sungai Langsat in Siburan here today (May 13). The State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) operations centre said the victim, identified as Bonnie Kota, was reported to have slipped and fallen into the river while he was bathing. […]
Case of drowning diver classified as sudden death
MIRI: The case of a body found floating at a diving site in Miri-Sibuti Coral Reefs National Park has been classified by the local police as sudden death pending the results of a post-mortem. Police chief ACP Hakemal Hawari on Monday confirmed that the body of a 34-year-old man surnamed ‘Ling’ from Sibu was found […]
Bid to take own life foiled
MIRI: Members of the public managed to save a woman, believed to be a Chinese national, who attempted to drown herself in the sea at Lutong beach on Wednesday morning. Some 10 people including food and beverage traders in the area pulled the woman out of the water to safety. According to eye-witnesses, the woman, […]
Drown victim found after 3-day search
DARO: The body of 11-year-old Mohamad Amirul Dedy Susanto was discovered on Wednesday evening (July 22) after he was reported missing when he slipped and fell into the river at Kampung Hilir, Kuala Matu on Monday (July 20). The State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said that the victim’s body was found at 4.30pm about […]
Body of drowned fisherman found on Belawai Beach
SIBU: The body of a fisherman who went missing Saturday after his boat capsized in Tanjung Melambak, Belawai, about 107km west of here, was found today. A spokesman of the Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department operations room said the body of Ibrahim Abang Resdi, 52, was found on the beach at 6.44 am, about one […]
Man drowns after car plunges into river
MIRI: A man drowned after his vehicle overshot a road and plunged into a river at Pulau Melayu here on Sunday. According to the State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) operation centre, a team of firefighters from Lopeng Fire and Rescue Station was despatched to the scene after a call on the accident was received […]
SAR for missing Myanmar man intensifies
BINTULU: Two boats were deployed to Samalaju beach in the search and rescue (SAR) operation for a Myanmar national who was reported missing on Wednesday evening. The two assets are from the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) and the Marine Police. This was disclosed by MMEA Bintulu director Capt Shahref Steve Mac Queen Abdullah in […]
10-year-old drowns in pool
SIBU: A 10-year-old boy drowned in the Bukit Lima Swimming Pool here on Sunday (Dec 30) afternoon. Sibu OCPD, Asst Comm Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said the victim, Brynden Baro Bata, went to the pool at 5.30pm with his mother and sister for a swim. The victim’s mother, who swam in the main pool, left her […]