MIRI: Thirty-eight foreigners of various nationalities were rounded up in a major immigration sweep across the city on Wednesday (Sept 10). Acting on a string of public tip-offs, the Sarawak Immigration Department mounted five coordinated operations codenamed ‘Ops Sapu’, ‘Ops Selera’, ‘Ops Belanja’, ‘Ops Mahir’, and ‘Ops Gegar’. The joint
KUCHING: Police are investigating the case of a car that plunged into Sarawak River on Wednesday under the Road Transport Act 1987, after the driver was believed to be under the influence of drugs. Kuching Police chief, ACP Alexson Naga Chabu, said the incident happened at around 6:40 pm when
MIRI: A businesswoman lost her life savings of RM588,000 after being duped by a phone scam syndicate posing as officers from the National Scam Response Centre (NSRC) and the police. The 61-year-old victim had received a call from an unknown number, where the caller introduced himself as an NSRC officer,
KOTA SAMARAHAN: An administrative clerk from a private company has lost RM300,000 after falling victim to a non-existent investment scheme known as “AresMFC”. The incident happened in June this year when the woman in her late 50s came across an investment advertisement while browsing Facebook at her workplace. She clicked
PADAWAN: Police are seeking public assistance to locate a local man who was reported missing since earlier this month. The missing individual was identified as Michael Donny Joll Johney, 24. Padawan Police chief, Supt Mohd Irwan Hafiz Md Radzi, said the victim was last seen at Taman Yen Yen at
SIBU: A man has been reported missing after the express boat he was operating sank following a collision with a cargo vessel near Sanyan Plywood, Tanjung Kunyit last Tuesday. He has been identified as Hui Chye Mee, 64, and was believed to have been transporting goods to longhouses along the
KUCHING: Police here recorded three separate sudden death cases in the district on Wednesday (Sept 10), involving two local men and a foreign national. Kuching Police Chief, ACP Alexson Naga Chabu, said the first case was reported around 11:24 am when a decomposed body of a local man, in his
KABONG: The search and rescue (SAR) operation for a fisherman, who went missing with his father after their boat capsized off Kabong waters, has been officially called off after seven days of intensive search. Malaysia Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Tanjung Manis’ Director Cmdr Mahkos Juing, said the operation ended on
BAU: A local man was killed after being struck by a car along KM 17, Batu Kitang Bridge late last night (Sept 10). The 11 pm accident occurred at around 11 pm when a Perodua Bezza, travelling to Bau from Kuching, collided with the pedestrian who was walking along the
LAWAS: The remains of mutilated elderly man feared to have been attacked by a crocodile, were found at Sungai Kampung Siang-Siang Laut here last night (Sept 10). The Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said the villagers discovered a human head about 500 metres upstream where the victim was last seen.
