MIRI, Dec. 8 -- Long Ikang residents are fearful that the next episode of flooding during this monsoon period may see their longhouse swept into the Baram River just metres away, said Peter Kallang.

The chairman of non-governmental organisation SAVE Rivers claimed following a visit there that the second gabion wall built on the banks to prevent further erosion is compromised.

"We have a very dangerous and precarious situation at hand. Urgent action is necessary before the next flood triggers the erosion, which will sweep our home into the Baram River.

"We appeal to the authority to take immediate and permanent measures to resolve the problem," he told The Borneo Post.

He said the second gabion wall was completed about a year ago at a ...