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Bengbeng: How are you? I waited for you during the Chinese New Year to visit my home.

40-year-old mother of three : I have been so sadlah. Terlalu sedih ( too sad ) Bengbeng. My nephew he is in Form 5 this year. Every year around CNY is rice harvesting time. On the 4th day of the CNY, my mother, his nenek ( grandma ) was sick and needed to be sent to the hospital. MY nephew was staying with her to help her with the harvest. He wanted to send her but she mati-mati tidak mahu ( refused ) saying she prefers to die at home rather than to die alone in hospital. Read more »

In police custody here in Sibu is a very sad and despondent lady. I don’t know her so I can only tell you what has been printed in the press.

She went to her boyfriend’s house in Rejang Park very early in the morning on 28th January and called out for him a few times from outside the house. No lady does that so we can assume that something was not right. The boyfriend’s mother Kuan Sim Moi came out and some angry words were exchanged.

The young lady allegedly then hit the 82 year old with her helmet.

The old lady sustained a cut on her head and was warded in hospital. She died yesterday. The case has been classified as murder under section 302 of the Penal Code that carries the death penalty.

To read more, here

Deputy Education Minister is a man not to be trifled with. When he found out about the case of the 16 year old boy, Matteus Merring in Bintulu who was murdered in SMK Teknik’s school premises, he flew down personally to investigate the circumstances.

The school says that it is not a case of bullying but as a result of a quarrel. Eighteen students aged 16 and 17 are still in police custody and remand has been extended until Feb 7.

The single mother, Rose Kundu Bedindang who earns only RM300 a month received a donation of RM5000 from the Takaful Pelajar Sekolah Malaysia. The Education Ministry was helping by paying RM250 a month to the two schooling younger siblings of Matteus . The youngest has a hole in the heart.

Datuk Nor : The Education Ministry is not treating student’s death lightly. Errant teachers to face the music.

To read more, here

Tiada tolak ansur terhadap yang cuai

Pic showing a similar helicopter courtesy of the Borneo Post

This is the seventh helicopter crash landing in the past 3.5 years.

One passenger is still missing as of press time this morning after a Super Puma l-2 helicopter crashed about 80km from Bintulu yesterday afternoon. Of the passengers, 6 were Carigali employees, 2 were contract staff seconded to Carigali.

chopper crash lands at sea

one still missing

Our deepest condolences to the family of Madam Rose Kundu Bedindang on the loss of their beloved Matheus Mering August.

Pic courtesy of the NST

Grandfather and school mates

Mother and sister extreme left

Close relatives

All funeral pics here courtesy of the daily Sin Chew

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Form task force to check violence in schools – Lam Thye

Pic courtesy of the NST

The grieving woman who is still grieving from the loss of her JKR husband due to a tragic accident now has this new grief to bear. Rumours has it that the family was upset they were not notified until it was too late. The police were notified by the hospital authorities.

She was trying to come to terms with her new situation in life when this tragedy happened. Totally unexpected. Read more »

It is not about the school but on those particular students. They are almost of voting age. They should have known what they were doing. Send them for extensive mental and drug test. Now is not the time to point fingers but to find out what went wrong - William Ghani Bina/Sarawak Teachers Union.

Borneo Post Online

16 year old Matius Mering August, 16 of SMK teknik found death instead of education at SMK Teknik, Bintulu. He was beaten up by schoolmates inside the school compound slightly past 5 pm on Saturday.

It is reported that he was transferred to the school about a week ago. He was also a boarder. Read more »

This interview is between Lucas Jalong Bato a reporter with the Borneo Post and Andreas Boniface. Kudos to Lucas for all his fine journalistic work till today. I will use a post here for people to read his interview which is well done.

Also I must say I am highly impressed by the frankness, sincerity and courage of Andreas. His thoughts are coherent in this time of crisis, and I admire his resolve and courage. On behalf of mylongkang and all its readers we wish to express our condolences to him and his family.

Interview between Lucas Jalong Bato and Andreas Boniface

Pic courtesy of the Borneo Post.

It is a sad story and I have been mulling over it. Today I read an interview with his brother and I felt more ready to post this article.

This boy’s hanging brings to shame society. Many of us are so used to seeing poverty, we become immune to it. We do not help others when we should. Read more »