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KUCHING: The public is reminded not to share photos or videos of the incident in which a four-wheel drive vehicle sank in Sungai Batang Lupar from the Triso ferry pier in Sri Aman yesterday that claimed the lives of nine people in the networks social.
Sarawak’s Deputy Minister for Port Infrastructure and Development, Datuk Julaihi Narawi, said in a statement today that this is to respect the feelings of the victims’ families.
He also expressed his condolences to all the relatives of the victims who died in the incident.
Meanwhile, Julaihi said Senior Deputy Minister Tan Sri Dr. James Jemut Masing plans to visit the site of the incident later today.
Masing will be accompanied by senior officials from the State Department of Public Works and the Sarawak Rivers Board (SRB), said Julahi, who is also the Assemblyman for Sebuyau.
In the 3 p.m. incident that took place about 120 km from here, the driver of the vehicle was said to have lost control of the vehicle, which jumped into the river and killed all nine passengers.
The Ford Ranger, driven by a woman identified as Ronany Ting, 33, was heading to Kuching from Kapit, via the Jalan Beladin-Meludam route.
Also killed in the incident were Siti Aisha Abdullah, 36, Nor Shuhada Mohamad, 16, Khairunnisa Muhamad, 14, Alvin Phang, 12, as well as three children, Wallace Phang and Mohd Aiman Mohd Hamdan, both aged seven, Muhd Mustaqim. Mohd Hamdan, five years old and a four month old baby, Mohd Ahmad Mohd Hamdan. – Called
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