THE diversity of culture and customs in Balingian constituency hold out much potential as a tourism product. Abdul Yakub Arbi when debating in support of the Head of State’s address at the DUN sitting yesterday (May 17), said such diversity would be able to boost tourism in the area. “With
SIBU: Police here arrested four students who were allegedly involved in beating up another student at a car park behind a commercial shop lot last Monday. Two of them are secondary school students and the others are university students. Sibu police chief ACP Zulkipli Suhaili in a statement, said they
TANJUNG MANIS: The Civil Defence Force (APM) team had a different task this time: to stop a fight between a cat and a small reticulated python. The fiercely-fought battle between the fearless feline and the snake took place in the middle of a road at the STIDC Old Residential area
SIMANGGANG: Police are on the hunt for a man who allegedly made off with jewellery worth RM4,950 from a goldsmith shop along Jalan Kelab here on Monday (May 15). Acting Sri Aman police chief DSP Zuriawati Zainal Abidin said the incident happened around 3 pm when a man went to
KUCHING: A total of 1,457 police personnel will be assigned with security and safety duties throughout Sarawak’s 60 years of Independence celebration from May 26 to Aug 19. Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Mohd Azman Ahmad Sapri said the duties and responsibilities of the police are to conduct proper VVIP security
KUCHING: Sarawak police will be conducting an eight-day statewide ‘Ops Khas’ in conjunction with the upcoming Gawai Dayak festive season at the end of May. The operation, which will involve a total of 850 personnel from various departments and branches in the state, will be held from May 29 to
KUCHING: Sarawakian-born Awang Din Awang Gani has returned to the Land of Hornbills as the new Sarawak Management Department chief. The 58-year-old from Kampung Gersik, also assumed the rank of Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police (SAC). Awang Din had, previously, served as the 30th Kuching police chief with the rank
BINTULU: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) seized RM45,250 worth of contraband cigarettes and beer at the coast of Samalaju last Sunday (May 14). MMEA Bintulu director Captain Mohd Khairol Anuar Saad said the seizure was made around 8 pm during a patrol along the coast to detect and curb
BETONG: A family of five in Debak was left homeless after their house was ravaged by fire early this morning. The single-storey house, located in Kampung Bungey, Debak, here was destroyed around 5 am, leaving the family with nothing but only the clothes on their backs. The family is temporarily
KUCHING: A sexagenarian sustained burns after a double-storey house along Jalan Penrissen, Mile 4 1/2, here caught fire last night (May 14). A spokesman for the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said the 60-year-old was promptly rushed to Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) for immediate treatment. The victim suffered burns on