KUCHING: Flying drones in restricted areas without a permit during the conditional movement control order (CMCO) period will result in legal action taken by the police. Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Aidi Ismail said permission to fly drones can only be obtained from the police, while the Civil Aviation Authority of
KUCHING: Frontliners manning mounted roadblocks throughout Kuching received Hari Raya delicacies from the Kuching police district headquarters (IPD) today. Kuching district deputy police chief Supt Merbin Lisa handed over the delicacies to the personnel manning roadblocks. He took three hours from 11am to 2pm to complete the task. Merbin said
SIBU: A foreigner was found dead in a rented room of a shophouse in Jalan Tinggi here yesterday (May 25). Sibu district police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said the landlord found the deceased identified as Syarif Effendi, 48, from Indonesia, hanging around 3.30pm. “The landlord had wanted to collect
PADAWAN: Padawan district police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan have only praises for Padawan residents for complying with the standard operating procedures (SOPs) during the Hari Raya festive celebrations. He thanked them for their cooperation and appealed for their continued support to maintain a high degree of civic consciousness to help
KUCHING: A driver under the influence of alcohol thought he could sneak from Padawan to Kuching despite the inter-district travel ban. The man, aged in his 20s, didn’t get far because he was stopped and arrested at a roadblock mounted at Jalan Lapangan Terbang at 3.15am this morning. Kuching district
KUCHING: Thirty-eight drivers in Sarawak who attempted to flout the inter-district travel ban during the first two days of Hari Raya Aidilfitri were compounded RM1,000 each. The authorities imposed the travel ban under the conditional movement control order (CMCO) as part of efforts to curb the spread of Covid-19. Sarawak
BINTULU: A foreigner, believed to be a drug dealer, was arrested and drugs worth RM6,500 seized from him in a raid on Sunday (May 24). Bintulu district police chief Supt Zulkipli Suhaili said the 35-year-old unemployed man was picked up by a team from the Bintulu Police Narcotic Criminal Investigation
KUCHING: Two vans were destroyed while a car parked closely was slightly damaged in a fire at Jalan Datuk Tawi Seli No 4 here last night. In the 8.45pm incident, the State Fire and Rescue Department, which received a distress call from a member of the public, wasted no time
SIBU: Netizens are furious over a viral Facebook posting of a construction worker who revealed that he had cut off his QR-coded wristband issued by authorities for a 14-day day Stay Home Notice. Sibu district police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said that the case would be handled by the
KUCHING: Police have compounded 29 people in the state for attempting inter-district travel without a permit during the Hari Raya celebration. Sarawak police Commissioner Datuk Aidi Ismail said the highest number of compounds (18) for the conditional movement control order (CMCO) violation were issued in Kota Samarahan. “This was followed