MIRI: A driver had a brush with death when his four-wheel drive (4WD) vehicle caught fire while he was driving along Jalan Senadin, Kuala Baram on Wednesday (Aug 19). The driver noticed smoke billowing from under the bonnet and frantically attempted to stop the vehicle but he didn’t succeed probably
MIRI: Police are currently hunting down a group of men who kidnapped another man in broad daylight in front of an eatery at Jalan Bintang Jaya 2 on Tuesday (Aug 18). District police chief, ACP Lim Meng Seah, who confirmed the case, said the police were already tracking the suspects.
KUCHING: Sarawak police have arrested four civil servants for violating the quarantine order. “Three were arrested in Sibu while one was arrested in Kanowit, for cutting off the wristband before the end of the quarantine period,,” said Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a statement. Eleven compounds were also issued
PADAWAN: An elderly man was arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a four-year-old girl in a village in Siburan, on Monday (Aug 17). District police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan said the 62-year-old suspect was arrested at his home following a police report lodged against him around 11.15am on the same
BAU: An unemployed man was arrested for possessing drugs in a house at Jalan Krokong, Kampung Bidi here on Tuesday (Aug 18). District police chief DSP Poge Nyaon told that a team from Bau Narcotics Crime Investigation Division (NCID) raided the house around 12pm. “The team came across the 22-year-old
SIBURAN: Residents at Taman Sentah, a housing estate here, experienced flash floods in the wee morning of Tuesday (Aug 18). According to the Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) operations centre (PGO) in a statement, a distress call was received around 1.16am pertaining to the floods. A Bomba patrol team
MARUDI: The body of a second person who went missing last Saturday after a boat capsized in Long Mewah was found on Tuesday (Aug 18). Eduin Jala, 47, was one of five people on board the boat when it capsized around 9.30pm after hitting a rock while on its way
KUCHING: Three drivers escaped unharmed after their vehicles were involved in a road accident at Jalan Wan Alwi-Tabuan Dusun here last Monday (Aug 17). Sarawak Traffic Investigation and Enforcement chief Supt Alexson Naga Chabu said the accident occurred at 2.30pm in front of Lodge International School. “At the time, two
ROAD BULLYING CASE KUCHING: A 37-year-old man was arrested in front of a house in Everbright Estate at Jalan Batu Kawa here on suspicion of being involved in a road bullying case last Monday morning. Padawan district police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan said the road bullying happened at 11.42am when
BEKENU: A python was spotted under an oven of a home at Kampung Padang, Kelulit here on Sunday (Aug 16). According to a spokesperson of the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba), a distress call on the discovery was received at 4.29pm. Following the call, Team Charlie of Batu Niah Fire
