Wednesday, 7 January 2026

Author: Allan Jay

Public’s help sought to locate missing teenager

BAU: Police are seeking public assistance to trace a teenage girl who was reported missing after leaving SMK Paku on Tuesday. Bau Police Chief, DSP Dr Daram Ruer, said the missing teenager is identified as Nur Syalisa Noorazman, 14. She was last seen exiting the school grounds at around 9:48

28 luxury rides grounded without road tax, insurance

KUCHING: Twenty-eight luxury vehicles lost their shine after being seized by the Sarawak Road Transport Department (RTD) during ‘Ops Kenderaan Mewah’ conducted statewide over the past month. Once flaunted as symbols of prestige, the vehicles were confiscated following inspections that revealed blatant violations — including expired road tax and the

Man killed after car crashes into motorcycle

MIRI: A local man was killed instantly when a car crashed into his motorcycle at the Jalan Lorong Cahaya 2 junction last night (Aug 20). The 34-year-old victim was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. His body was taken to Miri Hospital’s Forensic Department for a post-mortem. Miri police

Local, foreigner jailed for having over 800 turtle eggs

KUCHING: Two men have were sentenced to prison earlier this week after they were found guilty of illegally possessing more than 800 marine turtle eggs in separate cases. On Monday (Aug 18), a 32-year-old man was sentenced to eight months in prison and fined RM50,000 in default six months’ prison,

Two men with long rap sheets picked up over salon robbery

SIBU: Police arrested two local men with multiple prior records in connection with an armed robbery at a hair salon along Jalan Chambers late Monday night (Aug 18). The incident occurred at around 11 pm when one of the suspects, armed with an object resembling a pistol, threatened the complainant

Cops seek help to locate missing woman

PADAWAN: Police are intensifying efforts to trace a local woman who has been reported missing after leaving her home on Tuesday (Aug 19) and failing to return. The woman is identified as Nur Najwa Natasha Johari, 24. Padawan police chief Supt Mohd Irwan Hafiz Md Radzi said the woman was

Woman badly hurt, two sustain minor injuries

SELANGAU: Another trailer crash along Jalan Pan Borneo Sibu-Selangau left a woman seriously injured while a man and a child escaped with minor injuries today (Aug 20). Passers-by who witnessed the accident quickly came to the victims’ aid, helping them out of the wrecked vehicle before the arrival of first

Driver seriously injured after trailer crashed

SELANGAU: A local man sustained severe injuries after the trailer he was driving skidded and crashed along Batu 40, Jalan Sungai Kua here today (Aug 20). The accident happened at around 9.45 am when the trailer swerved out of control and rammed into a road divider. Fortunately, the 34-year-old victim

Warehouse owner nabbed in RM11.88-mil cigarette smuggling case

KUCHING: The Sarawak Customs Department has seized 12 million sticks of contraband cigarettes from a warehouse in Demak Laut Industrial Park late last month. The cigarettes, worth RM3.6 million, carried unpaid duties and taxes amounting to RM8.28 million, bringing the estimated total value of the seizure to RM11.88 million. Sarawak