Transporters in rural Sarawak fear breakdowns in ‘dead zones’

ONE of the tranporter’s most dreaded experiences in Sarawak’s rural areas is a vehicle breakdown in the middle of nowhere in a “dead zone” with no mobile phone coverage.

That is the ultimate nightmare, drivers Matius McDonald, Isac Mutang and Singa Buas, who ply the hinterland of Lawas up to the Sarawak-Kalimantan border, told The Malaysian Insight