First fatality of landas in Sarawak; dense clouds loom along coastal shores


Worker who died after being buried alive in soil cave-in, is the first landas season fatality in Sarawak.- Bomba Sarawak pic

MIRI: A soil cave-in has killed a construction worker at the Serian district in southern Sarawak - the first fatality during this landas (monsoon) season so far.

Nicholas Jawan, 33, was buried alive by the soil erosion while working at a construction site at Jln Monkos near Kpg Bunan Gega at 10am on Tuesday (Dec 12).

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