SIBU: A civil servant’s dream of doubling her savings quickly turned into a nightmare after losing RM44,000 to an online investment scam that preyed on unsuspecting victims through social media. The incident happened on Oct 17 when the woman, in her 40s, came across an investment advertisement on Facebook, which
PADAWAN: Firefighters were once again dispatched to Batu 9, Jalan Indah Ria this morning (Nov 6) after flames reignited at the site of a tyre factory fire that had been declared fully extinguished just two days ago. The Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said the latest incident, reported at 6.30
PADAWAN: A local woman was killed after the car she was travelling in rammed into the rear of a lorry at Batu 16, Jalan Kuching–Serian early this morning. The impact left the victim, identified as Viennie Kathryen Deles, 30, trapped inside the overturned Perodua Kancil. The Fire and Rescue Department
SARATOK: A plantation worker from Indonesia was killed after being struck by a pick-up truck while crossing the road along KM418.1 of the Pan Borneo Highway near the Saratok junction this morning. The accident happened at 11.27am and involved a Toyota Hilux vehicle and the victim who was crossing the
BINTULU: A local man who allegedly posed as a police officer to rob and rape a woman at Similajau Forest Reserve last week, has been arrested after a six-day manhunt. The suspect, in his early 50s, is believed to have lured the victim on Oct 29 by offering financial assistance
SIBU: A 31-year-old local man believed to be an agent in a human trafficking syndicate that preyed on Malaysians with promises of high-paying jobs abroad, has been arrested after one of the victims escaped and returned home from Cambodia. The case came to light after a local man lodged a
KOTA SAMARAHAN: A four-year-old girl was killed while her father was seriously injured in a two-vehicle collision along Jalan Al Muttaqin here yesterday (Nov 4). The fatal crash happened at around 8 am and involved a Nissan lorry driven by a 40-year-old man and a Yamaha Lagenda 115 motorcycle ridden
PADAWAN: An elderly man who went missing after going out to fish early yesterday morning (Nov 4), was found dead in Sungai Temenggong, Matang later that night (Nov 4). The victim, identified as Zailani Jenis, 61, had left home around 3 am to set his fishing nets but failed to
KUCHING: A private retiree thought he had found the perfect online investment — instead, he ended up losing RM1.2 million to a slick cryptocurrency scam that vanished as quickly as it appeared. The ordeal began in mid-March this year when the man in his 70s, came across an advertisement for
MUKAH: Narcotics police arrested a local man for alleged possession of methamphetamine following a raid at Kampung Penipah here yesterday (Nov 3). He was arrested around 11.50 am after officers, acting on gathered intelligence, stopped the 31-year-old suspect who had just returned to an unnumbered house on a motorcycle. Mukah
