MIRI: Police have finally arrested a suspect wanted in the mafia-style murder of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Miri secretary Bill Kayong, after hiding from the authorities for almost six years. Koong Siang Ming @ Batu Ming, aged 26, was flown in to Miri International Airport on a Royal Malaysian Police
MIRI: Police have destroyed 1,069 machines worth RM5.3 mln used for bitcoin mining. District police chief ACP Hakemal Hawari revealed that the disposal of the machines was carried out at the Miri police headquarters (IPD). He also disclosed that police, along with Sarawak Energy Berhad (Sesco) personnel, raided six premises
KANOWIT: An elderly man reported missing on Thursday, was found safe and well by his family members today (July 16). The victim identified as Chia Li Tung, 72, had failed to return home in Sungai Lukut after he went out to look for wild mushrooms. A spokesperson from the State
PADAWAN: A foul stench at a farm behind Taman Lucy residential area here, was due to a rotting body. District police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan who confirmed the case, said the man’s body was found by the farm owner around 3pm last Thursday (July 15). “The body was found in
MIRI: The authorities have launched a manhunt for five Vietnamese fishermen who escaped from the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) detention facility here on Thursday (July 15). District police chief ACP Hakemal Hawari confirmed that they have received a report pertaining to the incident. “We will be assisting MMEA Miri
LUNDU: Monday (July 12) was a busy day for eight illegal immigrants who crossed the Sarawak-Indonesian border but were sent back to their own country. The 11th General Operations Force (GOF) Battalion caught five of them — three men, a woman and a child —entering the state illegally at a rat
SRI AMAN: The General Operations Force (GOF) 10th Battalion foiled a human trafficking bid involving seven illegal immigrants in an operation codenamed ‘Ops Benteng Covid’ last Saturday (July 10). Brigade commander SAC Saini Bongkek said the incident happened at Jalan Sungai Paku-Sungai Putung, Batu Lintang around 3am. A patrol team
KUCHING: Sarawak narcotics police have crippled a drug distribution syndicate which obtained its drug supplies from Peninsular Malaysia via various courier services. Sarawak Deputy Police Commissioner DCP Mancha Ata said the syndicate, known as ‘Mica’, had been operating for the past eight months. It was crippled after the arrests of
PADAWAN: A 25-year-old man was arrested for alleged involvement in unlicensed lottery sales and online gambling top-up activity last Monday (July 12). In the 4.15pm operation codenamed ‘Op Dadu’, a Padawan Criminal Investigation Department (CID) team raided a house at Mile 4, Jalan Arang. District police chief, Supt Aidil Bolhassan
PADAWAN: Police here nabbed four men for operating an online gambling call centre at a double-storey terrace house on Monday (July 12). District police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan said the raid, carried out by a team from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and Padawan police task force, took place around