Tuesday, 30 December 2025

Author: Allan Jay

43 made homeless in separate fires

KUCHING: A total of 43 people from 11 families were made homeless when fire razed four houses in two separate incidents today. In the first incident, a double-storey house at Kampung Semerah Padi here was destroyed, leaving 35 tenants from 10 families with nothing except the clothes on their backs. 

First Infantry Division gets new chief

KOTA SAMARAHAN: Maj-Gen Hassan Embong has been named the new commander of the First Infantry Division replacing Maj-Gen Datuk Dzulkafli Mustaffa who is due to retire early next year. The handing over of duties ceremony was held at the Muara Tuang Army Camp today witnessed by Eastern Army Field Commander

Car crashes into drain, three injured

KANOWIT: Three men sustained injuries after a car they were travelling in, swerved and crashed into a ditch along Jalan Kanowit-Durin last night. A spokesman for the Fire and Rescue Department said firemen from Kanowit station were despatched to the scene after receiving a distress call around 8.40pm. Upon arriving,

Five injured in two-vehicle crash

SELANGAU: Five men sustained injuries following a two-vehicle accident along Jalan Sibu-Bintulu this morning. The accident, involving a Proton Wira and a Proton Saga, happened at around 9.25am near Kampung Pasai. Firemen from Selangau station were promptly despatched to the scene to commence rescue works. Upon arriving, the team discovered

Decrepit cars, tyres destroyed in midnight blaze

KOTA SAMARAHAN: Twenty worn-out vehicles and a pile of tyres along Mile 8, Jalan Datuk Mohd Musa, caught on fire at midnight. It was reported that the incident happened near a hardware store. A spokesman from the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said firemen from Kota Samarahan and Batu Lintang

Fatal crash between siblings at Jln Mambong

PADAWAN: A motorcycle ride to search for their younger brother, who had gone out fishing, ended in a tragic crash with one dead and another severely injured. The fatal collision, involving two motorcycles, happened along Jalan Mambong around 7.30pm last night. Padawan district police chief Supt Abang Zainal Abidin Abang

Cobra caught in bedroom, released

MIRI: A cobra was captured after its attempt to pay a surprising visit to a house in Vista Perdana, was noticed by the house owner yesterday. A spokesman from the Miri Civil Defence Force (APM) said they received a distressed call from the 34-year-old owner around 11.40am. Following that, a

Operation catches five for various offences

PADAWAN: Police here arrested five locals including a woman for various offences in an operation codenamed ‘Op Ambang Merdeka’ last Tuesday (Aug 30). During the operation, the team managed to arrest four men for drugs offences and they are being investigated under Section 6 of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.

Bank clerk RM27k poorer, duped by promise of commissions in online job offer

SIBU: A bank clerk lost RM27,620 after being duped by an online job offer which promises a fake commission. Sibu OCPD ACP Zulkipli Suhaili said the Commercial Crime Investigation Division (CCID) had received a report from the victim in his 40s, on Aug 29. Initially, the victim received a message

Search for missing man called off after seven days

SIBU: The search and rescue (SAR) operation for a 25-year-old man who was reported missing at Batang Igan Bridge on Aug 24, has been temporarily called off after a fruitless seven-day search. The decision was made around 5.40pm following discussions with the police and it would only be carried out