KUCHING: Familiar faces in online advertisements are no longer a guarantee of authenticity, as artificial intelligence (AI) manipulation blurs the line between real and fake. The rise of such technology has given scammers the tools to create convincing deepfake videos and fake ads, which raised concerns over how easily trust
KUCHING: Local influencer Yi Pin has lodged a police report after discovering that one of her livestream videos was stolen and manipulated using artificial intelligence (AI) to falsely promote an illegal online gambling website. The altered video, which made it appear as though she endorsed the gambling platform, has been
SIBU: Police are on the hunt for a man who goes by the alias ‘Small Apple’, allegedly harassing women online by sending them unsolicited obscene photos and videos. The incident came to light on social media last week, prompting two women to lodge police reports against the man. The first
MUKAH: A local man ended up losing RM5,000 after falling prey to a phone scam involving bogus enforcement officers from the police and Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC). The 30-year-old had received a call from an unknown number, where the caller claimed that a staggering 17 complaints had been
KUCHING: The Sarawak Road Transport Department (RTD) has warned the public against falling for online scams offering illegal driving licence services, following the circulation of a misleading video on TikTok. The video, posted by a user under the name “Pak Yop”, falsely claimed that individuals could obtain driving licences without
SARATOK: Police has arrested a lorry driver for driving recklessly and suspected of being under the influence of alcohol yesterday (Jul 29). The incident happened at around 5.10 pm when a crime prevention patrol team (RCJ) spotted a rigid lorry parked along KM419 of the Pan Borneo Highway, near the
KUCHING: An elderly man was found dead in a decomposed state at his home in Taman Seng Goon here yesterday (Jul 29) after he was believed to have not been seen for more than a week. Acting on a tip-off from a neighbour, a team from Sungai Maong police station
MIRI: An evening outing turned tragic when a 10-year-old boy drowned while swimming with two friends at Lutong Beach yesterday (Jul 29). Miri police chief ACP Mohd Farhan Lee Abdullah said Lutong police station received a report on the incident at 4.36 pm. Emergency responders arrived shortly after the alert,
KUCHING: Sarawak MPs showed that distance was no barrier to celebrating the state’s 62nd independence anniversary as they came together in unity during a brief but meaningful gathering in Kuala Lumpur. Despite being in the middle of the Dewan Rakyat sitting, the MPs made time to mark Sarawak Day with
SERIAN: Three local men have been arrested for allegedly committing arson that caused RM5,000 in damages at a heavy machinery spare parts shop here last week. Serian police chief Supt Freddy Bian Stanislaus Bian said the incident happened at around 1.16 am on July 16, with the motive still under
