KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 432 new Covid-19 cases and three deaths today. State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), in its daily statement today (Apr 27), said the total number of cases in the state stood at 28,961 with a death toll of 165. It said 70 percent of the 432 cases were
KUCHING: Three new Covid-19 clusters were declared by the State Health Department on Monday (April 26). The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the Sungai Senibung Cluster was an educational institution cluster involving a secondary school in Sungai Senibung, Julau. “The index case to this cluster is a 15-year-old male
KUCHING: There is no law in the Malaysian Legal System that can compel a party’s candidates or elected persons to pay penalties to the party concerned for failing to file their papers on nomination day or jumping ship after winning elections. “This is why there is a significant number of
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 615 new Covid-19 cases on Monday (Apr 26), bringing the total number of positive cases in the state to 28,529 cases, said the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC). In its daily statement, SDMC said of the total new cases reported, 78 people showed and experienced symptoms of
KUCHING: Police are prepared to conduct house-to-house inspections during the coming Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebration. Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Aidi Ismail said this action would be done as soon as directives are received from Bukit Aman. “If the order is given by Bukit Aman, we will implement it (in the
KUCHING: Four foreigners were among 10 individuals compounded for flouting Covid-19 conditional movement control (MCO) order standard operating procedures (SOPs), on Wednesday. Kuching district acting police chief Supt Merbin Lisa said today, an enforcement team found an entertainment premises in Jalan Wan Alwi here operating beyond stipulated hours. “The premises
MIRI: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Miri Maritime Zone has detained a foreign fishing boat in Miri waters about 21 nautical miles northwest of Kuala Sibuti on suspicion of carrying out fishing activities in Malaysian waters without a valid permit. MMEA director Maritime Captain Md Fauzi Othman said during
KUCHING: A car caught fire near Jambatan CMS at Jalan Setia Raja, Tabuan Jaya here this morning. State Fire and Rescue Department operations centre said a report on the incident was received at 8.08am and Tabuan firefighters were despatched to the scene. “The fire had destroyed the engine of the
KUCHING: Rescuers have found the body of Chong Su Sian who was reported missing during a diving activity last Saturday. MMEA Sarawak deputy director of operations Captain Yousry Yaali said the body of the 31-year-old diver was found afloat by a fisherman at a distance of 16.4 nautical miles
KUCHING: Police seized methamphetamine drugs worth some RM10,000 from a drug trafficker during a routine traffic enforcement patrol at Jalan Wan Alwi here on Tuesday. Kuching district acting police chief Supt Merbin Lisa said a 39-year-old local man was stopped during the patrol after the police noticed the suspect riding