Search continues for siblings feared drowned in Sarawak river

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A search and rescue operation continues Wednesday (March 19) for a pair of school-age siblings who are feared drowned in Sungai Mukah, Sarawak.   Dexper Kiu Kuang Wei,10, and his seven-year-old sister Susie were swept away by currents while bathing in the river near the Yellow Bridge on Tuesday (March 18).  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/4zd8e9fu  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A search-and-rescue operation continued on Wednesday for siblings feared drowned in Sungai

00:05Muka, Sarawak.

00:06Ten-year-old Dexper Kew Kuangwe and seven-year-old Susie were swept away by currents while bathing

00:12near the Yellow Bridge on Tuesday.

00:14Muka Fire and Rescue received a distress call about the incident, which occurred around

00:193.50 p.m.

00:21The children, unable to swim, were swiftly pulled underwater by strong currents and their

00:26mother's rescue attempt was unsuccessful.

00:29The search operation involves four firefighters with support from police and civil defence

00:34force personnel.

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