MPP to make Giam waterfall safer

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KUCHING: Padawan Municipal Council (MPP) will soon explore the infamous Giam waterfall to find out what could be done to make it a safer place for visitors.

Saying this to The Borneo Post yesterday, MPP chairman Lo Khere Chiang said that they would also put up appropriate signs to warn the public of a particular dangerous spot.

“It is so unfortunate that lives have been lost at this particular spot and we are looking into what can be done to prevent similar incidents from happening in future,” he said.

He said this when asked to comment on the latest incident where a male doctor and a nurse drowned at the waterfall at about 11.30am on Monday.

It was further learnt that among the proposals considered by the council was to fill up the deepest portion where people were believed to have faced trouble and drowned.

In the Monday tragedy, the 27-year-old male doctor from Semariang was believed to have drowned when trying to rescue one of the nurses struggling in the water during their picnic there.

Instead of rescuing the first victim, the doctor, a heart specialist, also got into trouble and both of them never came out of the water.

The other two nurses shouted for help from the villagers nearby but they were also too late for the rescue.

When the kampung folk found the nurse, she was already lifeless and active resuscitation was unable to revive her.

The body of the second victim was recovered by the Fire and Rescue personnel when they arrived at the scene about an hour later.

This tragedy is certainly not the first to have occurred at the Giam waterfall, but despite the danger, the scenic view at the area still attracts visitors.