MUKAH: Police here nabbed a 53-year-old man for allegedly obstructing a civil servant from performing his duties and injuring a roadblock officer at the Kampung Jebungan junction, Jalan Mukah-Balingan today. District police chief DSP Muhamad Rizal Alias, who confirmed the case, said the suspect went to the roadblock at 7.15am
KUCHING: A Sarawakian suffering from heart problems was flown here by the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) from Subang Air Base on Friday (July 9). Jarit Luyang, 62, safely underwent mechanical valve replacement surgery on Dec 29 last year at the National Heart Institute (IJN) in Kuala Lumpur. He was
KUCHING: Five men were arrested for allegedly operating a ‘Euro 2020’ football betting and online gambling activities in a house at Jalan Stutong on Thursday. In the 12.45pm operation codenamed ‘Ops Dadu’, an integrated task force raided a luxury residential house believed to be used to conduct illegal betting and
PADAWAN: A nude motorcyclist was detained after he attempted to run through a roadblock at Jalan Batu Kawa on Friday (July 9). The incident happened around 9.35am when the 28-year-old suspect, believed to be mentally ill, was riding his motorcycle in the nude. District deputy police chief DSP Lim Jaw
KUCHING: Police have foiled a tekong’s (local transporter) bid to smuggle seven Indonesian immigrants from Bintulu to Lundu. Padawan deputy police chief DSP Lim Jaw Shyong said they were arrested at a roadblock along Jalan Batu Kitang-Bau at 10.35am on Thursday (July 8). All the suspects aged between 21 and
MIRI: Fire razed two houses at Rumah (Rh) Taderi Sungai Menok, Bakong early Friday (July 9). A spokesperson for the State Fire Department operations centre said firemen from Lopeng station were despatched to the scene after receiving a distress call around 1.10am. The firemen encountered some difficulties in reaching the
KUCHING: The chief of Sigi longhouse was fined RM4,000 by the Sarikei Health Division Office yesterday (July 6). He had held a Gawai Dayak celebration at the open communal space (ruai) of the longhouse at Sungai Sentubu, Sarikei, with guests ignoring the standard operating procedure on physical distancing. This
SIBU: A pangolin spotted at the Sibu-Bintulu flyover was rescued by a concerned citizen on Monday (July 5) A spokesman from the Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) said the man acted quickly and rescued the animal by bringing it back to his home. “The kind-hearted man brought the pangolin back to
BAU: A woman was among six jobless individuals arrested for possessing various drugs totalling RM1,460 at three locations around the district today (July 6). District police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said the suspects, who consisted of five men and a woman aged between 21 and 36, were nabbed by the Bau
KUCHING: Sarawak Customs arrested a man and seized a parcel containing Ecstasy worth more than RM135,000 at the Kuching Sentral Bus Terminal on Monday (July 5). Sarawak Customs director Herman Shah Abdullah said a team arrested the suspect, who is in his 30s, around 6.05pm after he came to claim
