Tragic lesson for rural schools


The teachers quarters at SK Batu Bungan in Mulu National Park where a fire killed a teacher and injured two others. - Bomba Sarawak pic

The death of Catherine Janet Tiwi is a wake-up call to improve safety and facilities in schools in interior Sarawak. 

THERE was a blackout at the tea­chers’ quarters of SK Batu Bungan in Mulu, Sarawak, in the early morning of July 25. Then a fire broke out and spread quickly.

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