MUKAH: Narcotics police arrested a jobless man who had acted suspiciously behind a bus terminal at Jalan Setia Raja here. The 32-year-old suspect was arrested for allegedly involved in substance abuse during an operation codenamed ‘Ops Tapis’ around 1.40pm on Friday. Mukah district police chief, DSP Muhamad Rizal Alias said
KUCHING: A driver suffered injuries after his car crashed into a tree along Jalan Stapok at midnight. The accident occurred near the Sungai Maong bridge around 12.38am. Firemen from Batu Lintang station were despatched to the scene after receiving an emergency call. Upon arriving, the team found that a 29-year-old
KUCHING: A 10 cubic metre (cbm) RoRo container from Trienekens was filled to the brim with trash following a beach clean-up on Sunday. Reuse or Refuse Borneo (ROR Borneo) co-founder Kelly Hiu Jing Wen said the event took place at Pasir Pandak Beach from 9am to 12pm, with about 40
BAU: The army successfully thwarted an attempt to illegally enter Sarawak by four immigrants via a rat route (jalan tikus) in Serikin yesterday (Mar 28). All the detained Indonesians aged between 19 and 32, who claimed to be looking for jobs in the state, have since been deported to their
KUCHING: By end of this year, Sarawak will have a brand-new MARA Science Junior College (MRSM) school in Bintulu. The new school sits on a 26,000 square metre hilly terrain along the Bintulu-Tatau highway with a beautiful view of the South China Sea. As of January 25, 2022 some 70%
SIBURAN: Teamwork spirit among the villagers of Kampung Paya Mebi managed to prevent a fire that destroyed a single-storey house from spreading to other houses yesterday. A spokesperson from the Sarawak Fire Department operations centre said firemen from Siburan and Kota Samarahan stations were deployed to the scene after receiving
KANOWIT: Swift actions by residents of Rumah Awi, a longhouse in Sungai Maong, Machan, managed to save the longhouse from being burned down last Friday. The residents used four fire extinguishers to put out the flames that destroyed a fan in one of the bedrooms. Firemen from the Kanowit station
KUCHING: Some shelves and files in a paddy and rice regulatory office in Batu Kawah New Township were destroyed in an evening fire on Friday. Firemen from Batu Lintang station were despatched to the scene after receiving a distress call around 6.15 pm. A spokesman from the Sarawak Fire Department
BAU: The cases of index crimes in the district have increased from January to this month compared to last year’s figure. From January to March 22 this year, the Bau Criminal Investigation Division (CID) recorded a total of 11 index crime cases, an increase of seven cases, compared to last
KANOWIT: Police here confirmed that they have received a report from former Ngemah assemblyman Alexander Vincent, over a falsified letter which claimed that he had resigned as Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) Ngemah chairman. Kanowit OCPD DSP Tega Bilong, who confirmed the case, said the report was lodged at Kanowit police
