Friday, 9 January 2026

Author: Allan Jay

Search underway after elderly woman goes missing

PADAWAN: An elderly woman has been reported missing around Jalan Batu Kitang area early yesterday morning (Aug 31). Padawan police chief Supt Mohd Irwan Hafiz Md Radzi said the missing woman, identified as 75-year-old Chai Nyat Moi, had gone missing at around 4 am. “She was last seen wearing a

Two foreigners killed in motorcycle-car crash

BINTANGOR: An Indonesian man and his pillion rider were killed following a two-vehicle collision along Kilometre 11, Jalan Kelupu here on Saturday night (August 30). The accident, which occurred at around 7:55 pm, involved a Yamaha Y100 motorcycle ridden by the victims, and a Perodua Ativa driven by a local

20 left homeless as fire razes workers’ quarters, vehicles

MUKAH: Twenty individuals, including children, were left with nothing but clothes on their backs after a fire destroyed their eight-door workers’ quarters at Himma Shipping Sdn Bhd, Kampung Bedangan Hulu here this morning. The blaze also damaged a Perodua Kancil by 20 per cent and completely gutted a motorcycle. Fortunately,

151 Indonesians repatriated from Miri depot in large-scale ops

KUCHING: A total of 151 Indonesians, including nine children, were sent home in a large-scale repatriation exercise at the Tebedu-Entikong checkpoint last Thursday (Aug 28). The Sarawak Immigration Department said the cross-border transfer began at 7:45 pm and was completed later the same evening. Among those being sent home were

Three-day ops find 51 individuals positive for meth

MUKAH: The Sarawak National Anti-Drug Agency (AADK) arrested 51 individuals who tested positive for drugs during a three-day integrated operations this week. The operations, codenamed Ops Perdana/Ops Bersepadu, was conducted by the Mukah AADK Office from Aug 27 to 29, focusing on high-risk areas across the district. “During the operation,

GOF Sarawak seizes RM9.3 million worth of contraband

KUCHING: The General Operations Force (GOF) Sarawak Brigade has seized contraband worth more than RM9.3 million following a series of raids under the ‘Ops Kontraban Mega’ carried out across the state. Brigade Commander SAC Lim Bak Phai said in the operations conducted between 26 and 29 August, a total of

BIG disposes land with building in Labuan

KUCHING: B.I.G. Industries Bhd (BIG) is disposing of a piece of land cum building in Federal Territory of Labuan for about RM1.685 million in cash. Wholly-owned subsidiary BIG Industrial Gas Sdn Bhd has inked a sale and purchase agreement with Hyperwave Systems Engineering Sdn Bhd (HSE) for the sale of

Unemployed man’s shortcut to riches ends in RM1.4 million drug bust

KUCHING: An unemployed man, who took up an offer to earn quick cash by packing drugs, is now facing the possibility of death penalty after narcotics police uncovered a stash worth RM1.4 million in a rented house at Tabuan Desa. The 22-year-old was arrested during a raid by the Sarawak

Plantation quarters gutted in morning blaze

MIRI: Twenty-one people, including three young girls, lost all their belongings when a fire gutted a six-door oil palm plantation workers’ quarters at Jalan Marudi today. The 9:55 am blaze destroyed the 180-by-30-foot structure, leaving the residents with nothing but the clothes on their backs. Fortunately, no injuries were reported

Army refutes claims of Merdeka Day funding request

SIBU: The Ninth Infantry Brigade of the Malaysian army has dismissed claims linking it to a bogus letter seeking RM10,000 for a Sarawak-level Merdeka Day banquet, calling it a blatant attempt at fraud. The brigade shared that it had received four reports about the letter, which requested funds for an