KUCHING: All government and private sector employees will be given until tomorrow to obtain their confirmation letters for the purpose of applying inter-zone travel permits. Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Aidi Ismail when contacted, said the police will give flexibility to those who have yet to have confirmation letters, to obtain
SRI AMAN: A primary school teacher was found dead from an apparent suicide at her residence at Taman Mutiara, Jalan Brayun-Sri Aman last Monday (May 24). According to sources, the woman’s body found hanging from the grille of the main door around 3 pm. It was understood that the victim
KUCHING: Police have issued 72 compounds to errant individuals for failing to comply with the conditional movement control order (CMCO) standard operating procedures (SOPs) on Sunday (May 23). The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said Kuching recorded the most compounds with 44, followed by Miri (11), Padawan (eight), Bintulu (five),
KUCHING: Failure to comply with the red traffic light signal resulted in the death of a labourer at Jalan Tun Razak traffic light intersection last Sunday. The fatal incident involving two vehicles happened around 10 pm when a car driven by a 30-year-old man crashed into a motorcycle which the
LUNDU: Three locals’ bid to smuggle in 18 illegals to Malaysia was foiled by the army in the Kandaie Sector on Sunday (May 23). A spokesman from the First Infantry Division said the incident happened at 5.20 pm about 2km from the Indonesia-Malaysia border. “An ambush team spotted a motorcycle
MUKAH: Police here seized a cargo truck containing 150 cartons of various beer brands during an operation at the Jebungan junction, Jalan Mukah-Balingian last Sunday (May 23). District police chief DSP Muhamad Rizal Alias said the operation, codenamed “Ops Integrated Crime Prevention”, was carried out around 12.15 am when a
KUCHING: Police arrested six men for taking part in an illegal gambling activity at Kenyalang Park last Saturday (May 22). In the operations codenamed ‘Ops Dadu’, a Kuching D7 team raided the location around 2.40 pm after receiving information on the incident. Acting Kuching police chief Supt Merbin Lisa said
KUCHING: Police arrested five youths performing ‘superman’ stunts on their motorcycles during an operation codenamed Ops Samseng Jalanan. The operations involving 50 personnel from Kuching Traffic Police and Crime Prevention and Community Safety Divisions, took place at Jalan Tun Datuk Patinggi Haji Abdul Rahman Yakuub, Petra Jaya from 9.30 pm
KUCHING: Four errant individuals were issued compounds amounting to RM16,000 after police caught them dining in a café and bistro premises at Jalan Song last Saturday. Acting Kuching police chief Supt Merbin Lisa said the compounds were issued to the flouters after a compliance monitoring team raided the premises around
SIMUNJAN: A family of five was rendered homeless after their house in Kampung Pantong Melayu here was gutted by a fire on Saturday (May 22). A spokesperson from the state Fire and Rescue Department operations centre said an emergency call on the incident was received at 4.25 pm. Upon firemen’s
