Published on: Monday, January 18, 2021
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Kota Kinabalu: Deputy Chief Minister I cum Works Minister Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin
(pic) advised the public to be careful when on the road as continuous heavy shower in the State since Saturday has resulted in many roads affected by flood and landslides as well as cave-ins.
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He said most of the roads that caved-in are in hilly areas to the extent it cannot be passed by vehicles, like what happened along the Penampang-Tambunan Road at Kg Tudan, Penampnag.
The Maang-Lok Kawi Road in Penampang, which leads to Lok Kawi, also had cracks and partly caved-in, he said, while advising road users to try alternative roads to reach their destinations.
Published on: Sunday, January 03, 2021
By: Elena Koshy
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Dr Nur with the elephant that was later found poisoned. Facing camera is Dr Diana who was involved with the Lok Kawi Zoo and committed suicide for yet unknown reasons two years ago. Nur named the elephant in her memory.
“SHE’S dead,” she says simply before lapsing into silence, eyes glistening. It’s been a tough week for Dr Nurzhafarina Othman. The elephant specialist had just received news that her elephant, whom she’d been observing for over a year, had been found dead in a plantation in Kinabatangan, presumably of suspected poisoning. It’s the same elephant she named “Diana” in honour of her friend, Dr Diana Angeles Ramirez Salvidar, who passed away suddenly two years ago.