A house belonging to a Sarawak deputy minister in Pa' Umor, Bario, a highland area in the northern interior of the state, was razed by fire yesterday.

Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department director Khirudin Drahman said the house, owned by Gerawat Gala, deputy minister in the Sarawak Premier's Department, is located deep in the interior and accessible by land via a logging road only...