Tuesday, 28 April 2026

Tuesday, 28 April, 2026

1:56 AM

, Kuching, Sarawak

Author: Allan Jay

Kittens rescued from ceiling

MIRI: The Miri Civil Defence Force (APM) rescued two kittens trapped on the suspended ceiling of a residential house on Monday (Sept 7). District APM officer Capt (PA) Usman Harto said that the operations centre received a distress call pertaining to the incident around 1pm and four personnel were deployed

Man succumbs to injuries after crash

BINTULU: A motorcyclist succumbed to his injuries after he was involved in a road accident with a lorry six hours earlier at Jalan Pesisir Bintulu-Tatau last Saturday (Sept 5). Sarawak Traffic Investigation and Enforcement chief Supt Alexson Naga Chabu said both the motorcycle and lorry were heading to Kuching from

Man arrested for running illegal lottery outlet

BAU: A man was arrested on suspicion of operating a lottery outlet without a licence at Jalan Kampung Krokong Pisa here last Saturday (Sept 5). Bau district police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said a raid, dubbed Ops Dadu, was carried out by a team of personnel of Bau Criminal Investigation

Contraband worth RM32k seized

BINTULU: Sarawak Marine Police arrested a premises owner and seized contraband cigarettes and liquor worth RM32,881.60 in an operation on Saturday. Sarawak Marine Police Region 5 commander ACP Shamsol Kassim revealed the arrest was made around 1.30pm on a premises at Sungai Nyigu. “A team inspected the premises and seized

Zero case for seven days straight

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded no new positive Covid-19 case for the seventh consecutive day, maintaining its cumulative number at 699. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a statement informed that there is one new case that had recovered and discharged from Sarawak General Hospital (SGH). With this, the total number of

Online gambling top-up agent caught

KUCHING: A team from Padawan district police headquarters (IPD) arrested an online gambling top-up agent in a continuous operation to combat illegal gambling activities on Friday (Sept 4). Padawan district police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan said that the police caught the 29-year-old man during an “Ops Dadu” raid to a

Crew rescued from sinking ship

BINTULU: Eight crew members of a cargo ship nearly drowned when their ship almost sank following a storm about 17 nautical miles from Bintulu Port on Saturday. Malaysia Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Bintulu Zone acting director Effendy Mohamed Fadil said that the operations centre received information on the 9.50am incident.

Close shave for teenage mechanic

MIRI: A teenager got stuck underneath a car after a car jack malfunctioned last Thursday (Sept 3). The near-death incident for the 15-year-old happened at Coco Cabana, Marina Bay. Firefighters from the central fire station received a call for help at 10.47pm. Local fire chief Law Poh Kiong said his

Three suspected human trafficking victims rescued

SIBU: Police on Tuesday (Sept 1) rescued three foreign women suspected to be victims of human trafficking during an “Ops Noda” raid on a reflexology and health centre at Jalan Tuanku Osman here. District police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit told that a team of Sibu Crime Investigation Division (CID)

Two lose RM6,460 in scams

SIBU: Two housewives here have fallen victims to two different scams, causing them to lose a total of RM6,460. District police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit explained that in the first case, a 35-year-old housewife was at home in Rejang Park when she received a WhatsApp message from the suspect.