SARATOK: Seventeen foreigners, including three women, were arrested in a midnight raid at a plantation estate here on Saturday (May 10). According to the Sarawak Immigration Department, all the detainees were found to have overstayed in Malaysia and were without valid identification documents. The operation codenamed ‘Ops Sapu’ was carried
KUCHING: A driver managed to escape unscathed after his sports utility vehicle (SUV) caught fire along Jalan FAC Matang here this morning. The Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said firefighters from the Petra Jaya station were deployed to the scene, about 18 kilometres away, following a distress call at 11:34
BINTULU: A local man died on the spot after his motorcycle skidded and crashed into a road barrier along Jalan Sebauh on Saturday (May 10). Bintulu police chief Supt Nixon Joshua Ali said the accident happened at 6.48pm while the victim, in his 30s, was travelling from Simpang Sebauh towards
MUKAH: A massive fire that raged across the Pelita Sago Sebakong Plantation since Friday has finally been extinguished, thanks to heavy rainfall that helped bring the blaze under control. The Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said that the fire, which first broke out around sectors C25 and C26 on Friday,
MIRI: A night out at a popular karaoke centre in the city ended in chaos when authorities stormed the premises and arrested 40 individuals of various nationalities suspected of immigration offences. In an integrated operation codenamed ‘Ops Gegar’, Miri Immigration Enforcement Unit and Miri Police raided the entertainment outlet around
LIMBANG: Police are seeking assistance from the Foreign Affairs Ministry and the Malaysian Embassy in London to locate a private college student who has not been in contact with her family since last Saturday. Limbang Police Chief, Supt Parum Niot, said that 24-year-old Cathilyenn Santa Liong Siu Zhen was last
MIRI: A local man has been placed behind bars on suspicion of distributing drugs after he was found in possession of over 11 kilogrammes (kg) of various drugs on Tuesday (May 6). Miri Police Chief, ACP Mohd Farhan Lee Abdullah, said the arrest was made around 3:30 pm by the
KUCHING: Sixteen foreigners were arrested when immigration enforcement officers descended on two construction sites around the city on Wednesday. The operation, conducted by 35 officers from the Sarawak Immigration Department, started at 9:00 am, and involved the screening of 113 foreign workers, comprising 107 Indonesians and six Bangladeshis. Sarawak Immigration
KUCHING: A local man died on the spot after his motorcycle skidded and collided head-on with a lorry along Jalan Pending yesterday (May 7). The fatal accident happened at around 12.35 pm as the victim was riding from Jalan Pelabuhan traffic light to Jalan Datuk Marican Salleh. Kuching police chief
LUNDU: A human trafficking bid turned into a one-way trip to lockup after an immigration sting caught five undocumented migrants and their getaway driver trying to sneak into Kuching recently. In a planned operation, the Sarawak Immigration Department’s Border Enforcement and Control Unit (UPKP) spotted suspicious movement as the group