KOTA SAMARAHAN: Police have successfully seized drugs worth RM1.5 million since early January. Sarawak Police Commissioner CP Datuk Ramli Din said the drugs were confiscated as a result of arrests made in Miri and Kuching. “At the start of 2020, we seized nine kilogrammes of syabu, 20,000 ecstasy pills worth
KUCHING: Employees of a supermarket here acted quickly and nabbed a man suspected of stealing last Sunday. Padawan OCPD Supt Aidil Bolhassan said the suspect, 31, was caught around 5pm. The suspect was also caught on the supermarket’s CCTV for stealing last month, according to Supt Aidil. “He was nabbed
SERIAN: Three men and a woman were arrested in separate police raids recently, said local police chief DSP Aswandy Anis. In the first case, two local men were arrested. With them was a transparent plastic container inside of which were blue plastic packets and a cut straw, all with crystals
MO contract termination KUCHING: Sarawak Patriots Association (SPA) was shocked to learn of the termination of the service contracts of two Sarawakian medical officers (MOs). “The termination is disheartening. What will be the steps taken by the Ministry of Health to assist Dr Wong and Dr Bong?” asked SPA chairman
SERIAN: A 70-year-old man who had been missing for days was found on the fourth day of the search and rescue (SAR) operation yesterday. The victim, identified as Ngiang Tungkat, who went missing on Jan 11 while checking on a fish trap across a river at Kampung Tuie Kanan Salcra
SCHOOL SHOES ISSUE KUCHING: The school shoes issue is fast turning into a one-man’s-meat-is-another-man’s-poison debacle. Convention says it should be white, but former education minister Dr Maszlee Malik tried to go against convention, saying black is better. The debate raged between the pro-white and pro-black even after Maszlee quit in
KUCHING: The termination of service contract of two Sarawakian medical officers (MOs) in Sibu has caught the attention of Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian. The two MOs Dr Wong Woan Hui and Dr Bong Ing Hui who had served in Sibu Hospital, brought up
KUCHING: The police revealed that two men were arrested during a roadblock at Jalan Haji Taha last Thursday night. Central Police Station chief ASP Ahmad Abang said the first case was that of a 25-year-old man who had a transparent plastic packet containing dried compressed leaves suspected to be marijuana.
SIMUNJAN: Members of the Darul Hijrah Mosque here has been encouraged to play an important part in assisting the Simunjan Police District Headquarters (IPD) in crime prevention. Simunjan district police chief DSP Merbin Lisa along with his police personnel yesterday paid a courtesy visit to the mosque’s Imam 1 Aban
KUCHING: A lucky shopper Chiong Han Kee has won CityOne ‘Spend and Win’ campaign grand prize of a RM450,000 luxurious apartment. He wins a Royal Richmond Gold 2-bedrooms apartment sponsored by Kenbest Group of Companies. Chiong, who was absent during the grand prize draw yesterday, was informed of his win