Elderly man is feared drowned when his longboat capsised in Long Napir

LIMBANG, Feb 27 2027: The search is on-going for a 64-year old man who is feared to have drowned after his longhouse was found to have capsised in Kuala Sungai  in Long Napir yesterday.

Caption: Search party looking for the 64yo Hendry Sian who was feared to have drowned when his longboat capsised 

Limbang Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said it received a call past midnight this morning, seeking assistance to look for Hendry Sian anak Tama Sian from Kampung Long Napir.

The department’s spokesman said village headman Joshua had informed that Hendry had gone out to repair his boat at 11:30am yesterday in the Kuala Sungai area.

Quoting the headman,the department said two villagers found the victim's boat overturned in the middle of the river.

It said the victim was not found at the location of the overturned boat.

The department said search efforts were carried out by the villagers using boats but the victim was not found.

A seach party made up of the firemen, police and the Civil Defence Department was formed this morning to look for Hendry.

The operations commander Stanley Liew reported that the search party had started moving downstream using the villagers' boats to begin the operation on the surface of the water together with the villagers.

All candidates for community leaders must undergo screening tests by the police and MACC, says Mong

PANTU, Feb 27 2026: Every candidate for community leadership, including the Tuai Rumah, is required to undergo screening by the police and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) before being approved by the state government to ensure that the integrity of community leadership is maintained.

Bukit Begunan SLA Mong Dagang says candidates who have passed the screening tests by the police and MACC will be approved by the state government 

Bukit Begunan State Legislative Assembly (SLA) Mong Dagang said the move is aimed at ensuring that community leaders are free from criminal records and corruption.

“The vetting process will begin in the early phases of nominations for community leaders. The police will act to check the individual’s security background while the MACC will check the integrity and corruption issues.

“If they are clean, then only the candidates will be approved by the minister or state authorities. With this process, only then will the people have a truly clean and trustworthy community leader,” he said at the handing over of Letters of Appointment and Extension of Community and Community Leaders in Bukit Begunan state constituency yesterday.

Mong dismissed allegations that SLAs have interfered in determining the Tuai Rumah candidate.

“The allegations are completely absurd because an assemblyman like me does not know the individual chosen by you (longhouse residents) to be your Tuai Rumah.

“Our role is to support. However, the longhouse residents must act to choose a truly qualified Tuai Rumah candidate so that he can lead and maintain the development of their lives better from time to time,” he said.

At the same event, ong announced an allocation of the Rural Transformation Programme (RTP) amounting to RM50,000 to Selanjan Jalong Village Development and Security Committee (JKKK) for the construction of roads or stores.

He also announced a RM10,000 allocation for Selanjan Jalong JKKK and RM4,000 for the women's bureau of the longhouse.

A total of 22 Tuai Rumah and three Penghulu under the jurisdiction of Kara-Selanjan had their service terms extended at the ceremony,