Sandakan journalist found dead in Sandakan
SANDAKAN: Malaysian National News Agency (Bernama) Sandakan correspondent Nur Adika Bujang, 45, was found dead in her residence at Taman Perumahan IJM, Batu 6 here at noon on Sunday.
She was found in her bathroom at around 1.10pm.
Her mother Nafsiah Bubin confirmed her death when contacted, adding that she had accepted what happened.
“She was a good child and always helped our family,” she shared, and said that Nur Adika would be buried in Kota Kinabalu.
According to Nur Adika’s friends in Sandakan, they had not heard from her since Friday (March 15) and had decided to check on her when she failed to respond to any of their text messages on Sunday.
It is learnt that her friends had arrived at her house to find it locked, with her car parked.
When firemen arrived, they broke open the door and found her lifeless body in the bathroom.
Medical personnel at the scene pronounced her dead, and police at the scene sent her remains to the Duchess of Kent Hospital for further action.
Meanwhile Bernama chief executive officer Nur-ul Afida Kamaludin conveyed her condolences to Nur Adika’s family on behalf of the entire agency’s staff.
“We are shocked by the news of her passing, and we pray that she will be placed among the righteous with Allah’s blessings.
“Bernama will assist the family with bringing Nur Adika back to Kota Kinabalu,” she added.
Nur-ul Afida described Nur Adika as an excellent correspondent who was bilingual and creative in her writing, having twice won the Excellent Service Award in 2014 and 2020 as well as receiving the Culture and Art Entertainment (Broadcast) Merit Award in 2023.
Nur Adika served with Bernama as a journalist for nearly 20 years, beginning on Oct 31, 2005, and was appointed Sandakan correspondent on Jan 1, 2019.
Meanwhile, Sabah Journalists Association (SJA) president Datuk Muguntan Vanar also conveyed condolences to Nur Adika’s family.
“She was a true friend, we were always there for each other in our ups and downs. Our media family in Sabah has lost one of our beloved members and a true friend,” he said.