MIRI: A 49-year-old man was apprehended by the general public for robbing a grocery store at Jalan Piasau Utara 3G here on Monday night (July 20). In confirming the matter Miri district police chief ACP Lim Meng Seah said that the incident occurred around 7.58pm when the suspect entered the
PADAWAN: An elderly man was allegedly killed in a hit-and-run accident at Jalan Haji Baki yesterday morning. Sarawak Traffic Investigation and Enforcement chief Supt Alexson Naga Chabu said the police received information about a body on a roadside around 8am. The victim identifed as Chang Nyan Ted, 61, is believed
BINTULU: The Sarawak Forestry Department (SFD) successfully thwarted an attempt to steal logs from Similajau Forest Reserve last Saturday. Its director Datuk Hamden Mohammad said the Bintulu Regional Forest enforcement team seized a dump truck carrying 50 short logs of various sizes early in the morning. The logs estimated to
SIMANGGANG: Democratic Action Party (DAP) Sri Aman chairman Leon Jimat Donald’s allegation that the Sarawak government does not have long-term plans for the supply of treated water to Batu Lintang, Undop, has been slammed as baseless. On Sunday (July 19), Leon claimed that residents in Simanggang raised their concerns over
KUCHING: In Kota Samarahan, a storage unit inside a supermarket at Desa Ilmu caught fire last Sunday night (July 19). The State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) despatched firemen from Kota Samarahan fire station to the scene after receiving an emergency call at 7.45pm. On arrival, the firemen found that
BINTULU: A team of firefighters of Bintulu Fire and Rescue Station has rescued two siblings who got lost at Taman Tumbina here on Sunday (July 19). The duo, aged 23 and 16 years old, reached out to the State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) at 5.49pm for help and was
BAU: An unemployed man was nabbed by police on suspicion of being involved in substance abuse in Kampung Seromah, Jalan Jambusan Monday (July 20). Bau district police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said the raid at an unnumbered house was carried out by a team from the Bau Police Narcotics Crime
LUNDU: An Indonesian male worker died from severe head injuries after he was involved in a tractor accident at Union Plantations Sdn Bhd field, Sampadi here on Sunday (July 19). The victim was identified as 49-year-old Satrah, one of the farm labourers at the location. Sarawak Traffic Investigation and Enforcement
KUCHING: The chief minister will announce the updates of the Petronas issues relating to oil and gas and State Sales Tax and not the one-third Parliamentary seat representation in September. Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar clarified that he was not referring to the
ONE-THIRD PARLIAMENT REPRESENTATION KUCHING: Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg is expected to announce the outcome of Sarawak’s demand on the allocation of one-third Parliamentary seats from the federal government in September. According to Santubong MP Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar, the Sarawak government had discussed
