Bot Ekspres Karam di Sungai Rajang, Sarawak

BELAGA: Sebuah bot ekspres yang sarat dengan lebih 100 penumpang yang
dalam perjalanan pulang ke kampung masing-masing sempena Hari Gawai,
karam di Sungai Rajang kira-kira jam 9 pagi tadi berdekatan bandar
Belaga.
Bot terbabit dalam perjalanan dari Bakun ke Kapit dan Sibu.

Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) Belaga, Liwan Lagang ternampak bot
berkenaan terbalik dan penumpang berenang ke tebing sungai ketika beliau
menaiki helikopter ke Kuching. Beliau kemudiannya mendarat di Uma Tevok Long Buyun untuk
bertemu mereka yang terselamat dan mengarahkan operasi mencari serta
menyelamat.


Katanya, tidak dapat dipastikan sama ada mereka yang terkorban dan punca yang menyebabkan bot ekspres terbabit terbalik.



sumber : BH-Online

Menteri Sarawak saksi awal tragedi bot karam Belaga




BELAGA 28 Mei - Menteri Muda Kebudayaan dan Warisan negeri, Liwan
Lagang merupakan antara saksi terawal tragedi bot ekspres yang karam di
Belaga, Sarawak pagi ini.

Liwan yang juga Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) Belaga berkata,
bot yang karam dipercayai terlanggar batu itu dikesan beliau pada pukul
9.47 pagi ini.

"Sewaktu itu saya berada dalam helikopter untuk ke Kuching dan
nampak ada bot yang karam, saya arahkan juruterbang untuk mendarat di
kawasan berhampiran.

"Saya minta bantuan penduduk setempat untuk kerja-kerja mencari dan
menyelamat dan semua mangsa yang selamat ditempatkan di sebuah rumah
panjang berhampiran," katanya yang dihubungi di sini hari ini.

Beliau bagaimanapun tidak memberikan angka mangsa yang terselamat dalam kejadian berkenaan. - UTUSAN ONLINE

Published: Tuesday May 28, 2013 MYT 1:18:00 PM
Updated: Tuesday May 28, 2013 MYT 3:46:06 PM


21 missing after boat capsizes in Rajang River (Updated)


By RAYNORE MERING

BELAGA: Unofficial reports say some 21 people are still missing while 181 others managed to swim to safety in the express boat sinking accident which occurred near here between 8.30am and 9.00am Tuesday. Kapit district council Betek Lahang, when contacted, said the police and other related government departments assisted by timber camps, oil palm and timber plantation officials were still trying to work out the actual figures.

It is learnt that Belaga District Officer Abdul Halim Abdullah, accompanied by Hulu Rajang MP Wilson Ugak Kumbong and Belaga state assemblyman Liwan Lagang, were on their way to the scene of the incident.

The express boat was extremely packed with timber camp, oil palm and timber plantation workers returning home for the Gawai Dayak festival this weekend, according to Betek.

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Tragic incident: A photo of the overturned boat taken by Liwan.

He added it was on its way to Kapit and Sibu when it crashed onto rock in the Rajang River after about 40 minutes of leaving Belaga town. He said police and medical teams were at the scene now doing search and rescue operations. - Bernama

Earlier, it was reported that Liwan had spotted the overturned vessel and people swimming away from it towards the riverbank when he was flying by helicopter to Kuching. He immediately landed at Uma Tevok Long Buyun where he met the survivors and organised a rescue. He said it was not immediately known if there were any fatalities and what had caused the boat to capsize.

"We haven't done a head count.

"But according to those who swam to safety, there are people trapped in the boat," Liwan said when contacted.

BERNAMA reported Kapit district councillor Daniel Levoh saying that the boat was believed to have carried more than 100 passengers, although its official load capacity was for 67 seated passengers. "The boat was supposed to have made the normal transit stop at Belaga but it did not do so as it was already packed.

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On dry land: Some of the survivors who swam ashore looking out at the overturned vessel.

"Many passengers were seen sitting on its roof which is not allowed.
"There were more passengers waiting for it at the Belaga wharf so that was why it only stopped in midriver to allow crew members to buy food for the journey to Kapit and Sibu," he said.

Daniel said he had received information that a pregnant woman was the only casualty in the incident but this had yet to be verified by the police, who were still at the scene.


sumber - TheStar Online

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Grossly overloaded...the 67-passenger capacity Bakun
Mas Express Boat is believed to be ferrying well over 100 people on
board when it foundered after hitting a rock at the bottom of the river.
Pic: Edward S Subeng


SIBU, May 28 (Bernama) -- An express boat packed with passengers
returning home for the Gawai Dayak Festival this weekend sank at the
Jeram Tukok/Jeram Bungan area about 40-minute journey from here between
8.30am and 9am Tuesday morning.

According to Daniel Levoh, a councillor of the Kapit District Council,
the express boat was believed to have carried more than 100 passengers
although its official load capacity is for 67 seated passengers.

Contacted by Bernama, he said the "Bakun Mas Express Boat" passed by Belaga at 8am.

It had come from Bakun much earlier. Its passengers were timber camp and timber, and oil palm plantation workers in the area.

"The boat was supposed to have made the normal transit stop at Belaga but it did not do so as it was already packed.

"Many passengers were seen sitting on its roof which is not allowed.

"There were more passengers waiting for it at the Belaga wharf so that
was why it only stopped in midriver to allow crew members to buy food
for the journey to Kapit and Sibu," he said.

Daniel said he had received information that a pregnant woman was the
only casualty in the incident but this had yet to be verified by the
police who are still at the scene now.

He added when the boat crashed onto a rock in the area, the passengers were able to swim to the banks.

Meanwhile, Parti Rakyat Sarawak Information chief Dannny Bungan, who is
from Sungai Asap, said the police and the Sarawak River Board personnel
must be stationed in interior places like Bakun and Belaga to monitor
the situation before any major festival.

"There are so many workers from Kapit and other areas working in the
Bakun area. Come any long holidays there is a mad rush to get home by
taking the express boat," he said.

He added if personnel from the two departments were around, they could monitor the situation well.

He also said all passengers must record their details in the passenger
list as required by the Sarawak River Board and practiced in all major
towns in the state.

-- BERNAMA

standupper wrote:

Maklumat pertama sampai dalam kul 1240.. kalu gak bila dengar 70++ yang hilang.. bila dah reda sket lepas tengahari baru kejadian makin banyak maklumat diterima... kalau tak jadi insiden terburuk dalam sejarah ler... apa-apa pun malam nie dah gerak semua anak buah ke tempat kejadian.. tapi menyedihkan bila terima panggilan telefon dari publik 9pm tadi marah-marah bila ada tabung bencana ditubuhkan .. mamat tuh tuduh kononnya Govt buat tabung bencana sebab nak tunjuk prihatin pada org swak... bias sebab tak bantu budak kecik India yg mati kena langgar penjenayah kelmarin... wa tanya balik mamat tuh, apa palk sumbangan dia selain buat statemen prejudis.. tak jawab plak.. wa letak jer phone.

marc_zman wrote:

standupper wrote:
Maklumat pertama sampai dalam kul 1240.. kalu gak bila dengar 70++ yang hilang.. bila dah reda sket lepas tengahari baru kejadian makin banyak maklumat diterima... kalau tak jadi insiden terburuk dalam sejarah ler... apa-apa pun malam nie dah gerak semua anak buah ke tempat kejadian.. tapi menyedihkan bila terima panggilan telefon dari publik 9pm tadi marah-marah bila ada tabung bencana ditubuhkan .. mamat tuh tuduh kononnya Govt buat tabung bencana sebab nak tunjuk prihatin pada org swak... bias sebab tak bantu budak kecik India yg mati kena langgar penjenayah kelmarin... wa tanya balik mamat tuh, apa palk sumbangan dia selain buat statemen prejudis.. tak jawab plak.. wa letak jer phone.

dia paham ke idak maksud bencana tu?

btw wak stand.. side show sat..

errr itu soalan "apa pulak sumbangan dia" tu macam wa pernah dengar laaaaa macam wa biaser dengar..

SRB To Conduct Full Probe Into Tragic Belaga Boat Accident





KUCHING, May 28 (Bernama) -- The Sarawak Rivers Board (SRB) will
conduct a full investigation into the tragic accident involving an
express boat that sank this morning in the Rajang River, with 21
passengers still missing, its chairman Datuk Roland Sagah said Tuesday.

He said SRB would not hesitate to take appropriate action against the
express boat operator, who apparently did not heed the advice not to
overload or allow passengers to climb on the roof when the vessel was
too full while plying the rivers.

"I wish to express my sadness over what happened and sympathy for those
involved in the express boat mishap," Sagah, who is also Sarawak state
legislative assembly deputy speaker, told Bernama.

So far, 181 passengers managed to swim to safety after the ill-fated
express boat sank at the Jeram Tukok/Jeram Bungan area, about four
hours' journey upriver from Sibu.

He said SRB's initial investigation indicated that the express boat,
which was believed to be overloaded with over 200 passengers returning
home for the Gawai Dayak festivities, had encountered engine failure
before crashing into a rock and sank.

On calls by various quarters that SRB personnel must be stationed in the
interior places, including Bakun and Belaga to monitor the situation
before a major festival, Sagah said it was awaiting approval to set up
offices in these two places, which were accessible via the Rajang River.

At present, SRB personnel from Kapit, another riverine town along the Rajang River, were monitoring these areas, he said.

Sagah said boat operators had been advised to provide sufficient life
jackets for their passengers as it was compulsory for them to wear life
jackets at all times in open boats.

Meanwhile, Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani
when contacted said based on their initial findings, police believed the
boat's load had exceeded its capacity for 67 seated passengers.

He said the identities of those still missing were sketchy because there
was no official figure of the passengers on board as the operator
concerned was believed to have not kept a manifest.

In another development, Sani said the search and rescue (SAR) operation
for survivors of the ill fated express boat will resume at first
daylight Wednesday.

As of 9.30pm Tuesday night, police confirmed there were 181 survivors
while another 23 passengers were believed to be still missing in the
accident.

"The SAR operation, involving police personnel and other relevant agencies, was halted at 6pm due to darkness," he told Bernama.

He said the identities of those still missing were sketchy because
there were no official figures of passengers on board as the express
boat operator was believed to have not kept a manifest.

--BERNAMA

marc_zman wrote:

marc_zman wrote:

standupper wrote:
Maklumat pertama sampai dalam kul 1240.. kalu gak bila dengar 70++ yang hilang.. bila dah reda sket lepas tengahari baru kejadian makin banyak maklumat diterima... kalau tak jadi insiden terburuk dalam sejarah ler... apa-apa pun malam nie dah gerak semua anak buah ke tempat kejadian.. tapi menyedihkan bila terima panggilan telefon dari publik 9pm tadi marah-marah bila ada tabung bencana ditubuhkan .. mamat tuh tuduh kononnya Govt buat tabung bencana sebab nak tunjuk prihatin pada org swak... bias sebab tak bantu budak kecik India yg mati kena langgar penjenayah kelmarin... wa tanya balik mamat tuh, apa palk sumbangan dia selain buat statemen prejudis.. tak jawab plak.. wa letak jer phone.

dia paham ke idak maksud bencana tu?

btw wak stand.. side show sat..

errr itu soalan "apa pulak sumbangan dia" tu macam wa pernah dengar laaaaa macam wa biaser dengar..

Bot karam: Seorang lagi penumpang disahkan selamat

2013/05/31 - 07:39:01 AM

BELAGA: Seorang lagi penumpang bot ekspres yang karam di Jeram Giam Bungan, yang disenaraikan hilang sejak Selasa lalu disahkan selamat. Ejang anak Nabau yang sudah balik ke rumah panjangnya tampil membuat laporan di Balai Polis Kapit malam tadi.

Berikutan itu, hanya empat lagi yang disenaraikan hilang iaitu Maurice anak Ajan, Simon anak Patrick, Roslin anak Jati serta seorang lelaki yang hanya dikenali sebagai Paulus.

sumber : BH-Online : 31 Mei 2013

Berenang 2.5km ke tebing sungai

2013/05/31 - 06:00:52 AM

Kapit: Dua mangsa tersenarai sebagai hilang dalam tragedi bot karam di Jeram Bungan (Tanjong Giam), Sungai Rejang Selasa lalu, iaitu Hendry Ayo Linggi, 35, dan Akong Empan, 50-an, dilaporkan selamat. Kedua-dua mereka kini bersama keluarga di rumah panjang Nanga Ensawi, di sini, selepas pulang terus sebaik berjaya menyelamatkan diri pada hari kejadian, Selasa lalu.

Pada hari kejadian, kedua-dua mereka berjaya menyelamatkan diri dengan berenang sejauh 2.5 kilometer sebelum berehat keletihan di tebingan Sungai Rejang.

Anak saudara Hendry, Connie Menai, 25, berkata pakciknya bersama Akong bernasib baik kerana sebuah tongkang minyak kebetulan melalui kawasan nahas bot karam dan melihat mereka keletihan
di tebing sungai.

Keletihan

Mereka berenang sejauh 2.5 kilometer sebelum berehat di tebingan sungai kerana keletihan. Selang setengah jam selepas itu, ada tongkang minyak lalu dan mereka menumpang tongkang berkenaan. Kira-kira jam 3 petang, hari sama, mereka selamat sampai ke rumah panjang, katanya.

Beliau ditemui selepas selesai membuat laporan polis di Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah (IPD) Kapit, semalam.

Connie tampil membuat laporan selepas nama Hendry dan Akong tersenarai di kalangan mereka yang masih hilang seperti diumumkan Pesuruhjaya Polis Sarawak, Datuk Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani, kelmarin.

Mangsa pertama ditemui

2013/05/31 - 06:01:58 AM Oleh Misiah Taib, Mohd Roji Kawi, Matzidi Dris dan Muhd Amirul Faiz Ahmad

Belaga: Operasi mencari dan menyelamat mangsa bot ekspres Kawan Mas yangkaram di Tanjong Giam Bungan, Belaga, yang memasuki hari ketiga semalamhanya berjaya menemui seorang mangsa, dengan lima lagi dipercayai masih hilang.

Arus deras dan paras air terlalu tinggi selepas pintu air empangan hidro dibuka petang kelmarin, selain hujan lebat, menyebabkan operasi dihari ketiga yang bermula jam 7 pagi terpaksa dihentikan pada jam 5.30 petang.

Mangsa tunggal ditemui setakat ini ialah Tujok Lah, 44, suku Bekatan dari Nanga Merit, yang ditemui terapung kira-kira dua kilometer dari tempat kejadian pada jam 7 pagi semalam.

Lima lagi mangsa yang sebelum ini disenaraikan hilang ditemui selamat dan pulang ke rumah masing-masing. Mereka Anuar anak Margaret, Mejerin anak Bantan, Ricky anak Sunus, Welson anak Lat dan Wesly Belaja anak Nelson.

Lima yang masih hilang ialah, Ejang anak Nabau, Maurice anak Ajan, Simon anak Patrick, Roslin anak Jati dan seorang lagi dekenali sebagai Paulus.

191 mangsa selamat

Seramai 191 mangsa disahkan terselamat setakat ini dengan lima lagi masih hilang, manakala dua yang dilaporkan hilang sebelum ini disahkan selamat, selepas anggota keluarga mereka tampil melaporkan bahawa mangsa terus pulang ke rumah panjang mereka selepas berjaya menyelamatkan diri, Selasa lalu.

Menteri Pembangunan Infrastruktur dan Komunikasi, Datuk Seri Micheal Manyin Jawong, mengesahkan angka terselamat meningkat kepada 191semalam berbanding 179 dilaporkan kelmarin, berikutan ada tujuh lagi yang terselamat baru dikesan selepas tampil membuat laporan.

Angka mungkin akan terus berubah berikutan tiada senarai rasmi penumpang bot dan pihak berkuasa bergantung kepada senarai nama mereka yang tampil membuat laporan selepas kejadian, katanya ketika ditemui di Kuching.

Operasi membabitkan 102 anggota dari Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat, polis, Jabatan Pertahanan Awam Malaysia (JPAM), RELA serta kakitangan syarikat pemilik bot yang karam itu diteruskan dengan kawasan operasi terus diperluaskan.

Sementara itu, usaha untuk menarik keluar bangkai bot ekspres Kawan Mas menggunakan tongkang lebih besar semalam, juga gagal, selepas tali untuk menariknya menggunakan tongkang lebih kecil sehari sebelumnya terputus.

semua berita dari BH-Online

boleh ke wa simpulkan kat sini yg majoriti mangsa ni mmg mereka yg asalnya duduk di kawasan berdekatan sungai.? coz.. rasanya ramai juga yg pandai berenang.. & bukan itu shj.. jika dipikirkan balik.. bukan senang wooo nak layan arus deras sungai tu.. kena ada kekuatan fizikal gak tu

apa-apa pun.. negara baru sahaja 'terlepas' dari mengalami satu bencana yg sekiranya terjadi bakal mencatat angka kematian yg tinggi.. syukur alhamdulillah

bagi mangsa-mangsa yg masih hilang.. moga cepatlah dapat ditemui sama ada hidup atau sebaliknya dan dikembalikan kepada keluarga atau waris.. walau sapa pun mereka.. sekiranya terkorban, mereka berhak dikebumikan mengikut agama adat kepercayaan mereka

Only Four More Missing In Boat Tragedy As Several Passengers Found Safe





BELAGA (Sarawak), May 31 (Bernama) -- The number of people missing
after a boat capsized in the Rajang River near here on Tuesday has
dwindled to four after another passenger reported to police that he was
safe.

Ejang anak Nabau lodged a report at the Kapit police station last night
saying that he had returned to his longhouse after swimming ashore
following the incident.

Belaga District Police chief DSP Bakar Sebau said the search-and-rescue
operation resumed at 7 am today for the four missing people - Maurice
anak Ajan, Simon anak Patrick, Roslin anak Jati and a man identified
only as Paulus.

The ill-fated express boat, Kawan Mas, was travelling from Bakun to
Kapit when it capsized at Jeram Tukok-Jeram Bungan between 8.30 am and 9
am on Tuesday, resulting in 192 passengers being rescued and 11
reported missing. Five of the 11 have since been reported safe while the
body of a man was recovered yesterday.

Meanwhile, the Prime Minister's Department and Parti Rakyat Sarawak
(PRS) have allocated RM93,000 as aid for the victims of the boat
tragedy.

Belaga state assemblyman Liwan Lagang said passengers who were safe but
had not reported to the police should do so immediately to facilitate
the disbursement of the aid.

"Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Joseph Entulu Belaun
informed me that the aid would be disbursed based on the police
reports," he told reporters here today.

-- BERNAMA