BAU: A total of 126 members from the Regiment 511 Territorial Army or Askar Wataniah (AW) will be mobilised to Sibu on Thursday (Feb 4), said First Infantry Brigade Commander Major General Datuk Dzulkafli Mustaffa. The Regiment 511 AW members from Kuching will be assigned to Sibu to assist in
SERIAN: Two human smuggling attempts here were thwarted by the General Operations Force (GOF) over the weekend. Sarawak GOF commander SAC Mancha Ata said the first attempt took placed last Saturday (Jan 30) around 7pm in Jalan Serian-Sri Aman. A GOF team carrying out Ops Benteng Covid, spotted a suspicious
KAPIT: Firemen here closed off Jalan Melekun-Mujong after a massive landslide occurred early this morning. The incident was reported to Kapit fire station around 5.20am and a team was despatched to the scene. Kapit fire chief Erwandy Tugor said the incident happened about 16km from the town with a depth
KUCHING: Ten Indonesian nationals, all men, were caught attempting to enter Sarawak illegally in three different locations during the weekend. General Operations Force (GOF) Sarawak Brigade commander SAC Mancha Ata said the first incident happened last Saturday (Jan 30) around 9.30am in Tebedu, Serian. A GOF 11th Battalion team was
SIBU: Allegedly refusing to give her brother money resulted in a woman being beaten. The man was arrested for having beaten his elder sister with a broomstick until she became paralysed from the chest down. The incident happened in their family home at Jalan Sungai Antu around 3pm on
KUCHING: An elderly man breathed his last after he suddenly collapsed in front of a building at Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman here yesterday. The incident was witnessed by passers-by who immediately alerted the authorities and at the same time performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on the 78-year-old victim for about 10
KUCHING: A toddler and a baby in need of immediate medical treatment due to heart problems were flown by the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) to Subang Air Force Base yesterday. The children, who were referred to the National Heart Institute (IJN) by Sarawak General Hospital (SGH), were accompanied by
BETONG: A man got his right arm punctured by a spear from a speargun while fishing in a river yesterday (Feb 1). An emergency medical rescue service (EMRS) unit from Betong fire station was sent to help him after being called around 6pm. At the local hospital, the team confirmed
JULAU: A man, who was mistaken for an animal, was shot in a forest in Nanga Ijit. It was understood that at around 2pm last Sunday (Jan 31), the suspect, 54, went to the forest alone to hunt. When he arrived at a location, he saw what looked like an
SIBU: Nine individuals, including four women from seven furniture shops, were each slapped with a RM1,000 compound for violating the movement control order (MCO) standard operating procedures (SOPs). The premises were found to be operating last Sunday (Jan 31) although they should be closed as furniture shops were not considered
