MIRI: A 44-year-old man was killed after his motorcycle collided with a four-wheel drive (4WD) vehicle at Jalan Datuk Edward Jeli last Sunday (Mar 21). Sarawak Traffic Police chief Supt Alexson Naga Chabu said the accident happened around 7pm when the 4WD vehicle, which was going to Piasau, turned into
KUCHING: A housewife was robbed of her four-wheel drive (4WD) car at knifepoint by a man in a parking lot behind a supermarket in Batu Kawa last Sunday (March 21). Padawan deputy police chief DSP Lim Jaw Shyong who confirmed the case, said the robbery happened around 4.25pm when the
KUCHING: A man sustained injuries while another was unhurt after their car crashed into a road divider at Jalan Sultan Tengah last Sunday (Mar 21). The incident happened around 9.40pm near Sarawak Economic Development Corporation (SEDC) building. Firemen from Petra Jaya WHO were despatched to the scene found the car
SPAOH: Fire razed a house in Kampung Hilir Supa here to ground, rendering a family of five homeless last Sunday (March 21). Betong fire chief Vincent Baling Yabi said they received a distress call about the blaze around 10.20pm. When firefighters arrived at the scene, they found the house already
MIRI: A tugboat pulling a barge loaded with plywood was detained by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) about seven nautical miles northwest of Tanjung Lobang last Sunday (Mar 21). Miri Zone Maritime director Capt Md Fauzi Othman said the detention took place around 4pm during an Ops Permai patrol,
KUCHING: Customs officials have foiled cigarette smuggling activities and seized 960,000 duty-not-paid cigarette sticks in an empty house at Jalan Kuap recently. State Customs director Herman Shah Abdullah said a raid was carried out at 10.19pm by the Customs Kuching enforcement unit following information received. “The team raided the uninhabited
SIBU: The body of a man was found hanging under a house in Kampung Bahagia Jaya, Teku early Sunday morning (Mar 21). District police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit, who confirmed the case, said the body was found around 4.05am. “The victim, 21, was believed to have committed suicide as
DALAT: A 14-foot-long (4.5 metres) crocodile was caught during a crocodile hunting operations at Batang Oya last Sunday (Mar 21). The success in this capture was a result of a collaboration between Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) and the district’s police after 10 days of crocodile hunting. “It is believed to
SIBU: Nine persons including three Vietnamese women were arrested after they were found entertaining clients inside a room in a factory at Jalan Ding Lik Kong on Saturday (Mar 20). The district’s CID team raided the double-storey building around 11.25pm and found that a space on the ground floor had
BINTULU: A double-storey house and two vehicles at Rancangan Perumahan Rakyat (RPR) Kidurong Phase 3 here was gutted by fire on Sunday (March 21). Local fire chief Christus Buson said his station received a call about the blaze at 3.40am. His men who were quickly despatched to the scene successfully
