Miri River is NOT Baong River, and Vice Versa
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This phenomenon needs to be addressed. Thanks to the 'convenience' of online maps by a certain company, a lot of people are calling the Miri River as Baong River. Including news articles like this:
"Man Found Dead Inside Car that Plunged into Baong River - article on Dayak Daily"
..with one of the photos clearly depicting the banks of Miri River banks on the Miri Peninsula.
The writer had simply used a popular online mapping software on their phone and took one look without checking on the correct river name to use.
Twenty years into the 21st century, we seem to have become over-reliant and too naive on having information fed to us by people who don't actually have a clue about our history & geography, and this misinformation seems to be getting worse every single day as people pick up on incorrect information.
There are a lot misinformation on history too floating about the internet on social media, or even offline by word of mouth that it is a very worrying trend.
This is Baong River, shown here connecting to Miri River near Krokop
This photo shows the Miri River in the background, and Baong River is on the lower left of the photo.
OpenStreetMap is a online mapping tool that is built by a community of mappers that contribute and maintain data from all over the world, and tend to be much more reliable than that created by a tech giant from half way around the world.
Picture of Holtorf's G-Wagen, 'Otto', parked in front of the Bank Islam at Centerpoint, Miri, in mid-2007.
On the Sunday of 21st, May, 1994, the "Miri Resort City" Publicity Launch Campaign was launched. The very grand occassion featured lots of shows, grand exhibitions with impressive publicity on what the future of Miri would hold. 
Built in 1991, Miri Civic Center functions as an exhibition foyer and amphitheater on the ground floor, holds the Miri Public Library on the second floor, and is a multi-purpose hall for various social functions such as wedding parties, concerts, large conferences etc.
The catching of bubuk is an annual cycle in Miri. During this phenomenon these shrimps arrive in the millions in the shallow waters of the sea off the beaches of Miri, and the fisherfolks using their fishing tool, known as the 'paka', scoop them up from the waters by wading into the sea. 