When duty calls: Tragic end for Sabah Electricity personnel

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The body of Sabah Electricity worker Masedeh Rosmin, 35, who was swept away by raging river currents while on duty in Keningau, has been found.   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/276cffkz  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The body of a Sabah electricity employee who was swept away by strong river currents while

00:07carrying out power connection works in Kenningau has been found.

00:11The victim, Maside Rosmin, 35, was discovered by volunteers near the Liao-Laut area at about

00:186.18pm on Thursday.

00:20Maside was among three personnel who were washed away by river currents when they tried

00:25to cross a flooded bridge in their company vehicle on Tuesday night.

00:29Two of his colleagues, Irel Sonsai, 24, and Ziktor Banati, 38, managed to save themselves

00:36during the 9pm incident.

00:38Maside was last spotted around 1.15am in Sungai Kepayan before being pulled under again by

00:45strong currents.

00:46The search later narrowed to the Liao-Laut river after a shoe believed to belong to him was

00:51recovered.

00:53According to Kenningau Fire Station Chief Severinus Mohamed Nizam Sankuy, drones were deployed

00:58while villagers, under a team known as Team Garland Star, braved the dangerous waters

01:03to assist in the search.

01:05Maside's body was sent to the hospital for a post-mortem.

01:09On Wednesday, Sabah Electricity CEO Datuk Mohamed Yaqob Jaffa was visibly emotional when

01:16providing live updates on the ongoing restoration works, which were finally completed after four

01:21days of battling rain, floods and landslides.

01:25He expressed his gratitude to staff who persevered to restore electricity under extraordinary circumstances.

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