KUCHING: Mayat pemotong pokok rumbia dipercayai diserang buaya di Batang Saribas
kelmarin, ditemui dekat tebing sungai di seberang Kampung Medang, Spaoh jam 7
pagi ini, kira-kira 20 kilometer dari tempat mangsa diserang.
Ketua Polis
Daerah Betong, Deputi Superitendan Sarifuddin Mustaffa, ketika dihubungi berkata
beberapa anggota badan Drahman Chali, 55, dari Kampung Hilir Beladin seperti
tangan dan kaki sudah putus manakala kepalanya hampir terputus. "Selepas membawa mayat itu ke Hospital
Betong, anggota keluarganya mengesahkan mayat itu adalah mangsa yang dilaporkan
diserang buaya sebelum ini," katanya.
Sarifuddin
berkata, berikutan penemuan mayat itu, operasi mencari dan menyelamat yang turut
membabitkan beberapa agensi kerajaan yang berkaitan dihentikan.
Pada 19
Jun lalu, seorang wanita iaitu Siah anak Munsong, 42, menjadi korban serangan
buaya ganas di Sungai Seblak, juga dalam bahagian Betong. - BERNAMA
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KUCHING, July 7 2012 — The body of a 55-year-old sago palm cutter, believed to have been attacked by a crocodile at Batang Saribas last Thursday, was recovered today.
Drahman Chali’s body, with limbs detached and head almost severed, was found near a riverbank opposite Kampung Medang, Spaoh, about 20km from where he was apparently set upon.
“His family from Kampung Hilir Beladin identified the body at Betong Hospital and the search and rescue operation involving various government agencies has since been called off,” said Betong police chief DSP Sarifuddin Mustaffa when contacted by Bernama.
On June 19, a woman, Siah anak Munsong, 42, was attacked by a crocodile at Sungai Seblak, also in the Betong division. — Bernama