KUCHING: Police are investigating a woman who purportedly offers services to persons applying for admission into Sarawak through the enterSarawak application in exchange for a fee. Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Aidi Ismail said the police received a report on April 12 regarding a Facebook post by the suspect who offered
BAU: An unemployed man was arrested on drug charges at Jalan Sitalan in Kampung Jagoi Duyoh, here last Wednesday (April 14). District police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said the suspect, who is a local man, was approached by the Bau NCID team at 1.40pm and subsequently conducted an inspection on
MIRI: A tugboat was detained by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Miri Maritime Zone at about 3.4 nautical miles southwest of Kuala Baram, here on Wednesday (April 14). Its director Maritime Captain Md Fauzi Othman in a statement today (April 15) said the tugboat was detained by MMEA while
KUCHING: A labourer, who pleaded guilty to two charges of illegal possession of a shotgun and 16 shells, was sentenced to two months in prison or a RM2,000 fine today. Magistrate Zaiton Anuar passed sentence on Gibson Rijen from Kampung Mawang Batu 17, Jalan Penrissen under Section 8 (a) of
KUCHING: A man, who pleaded guilty to burglary, was fined RM5,000 or 10 months in prison today. Magistrate Zaiton Anuar passed sentence on Zulkifli Junaidi, 28, under Section 457 of the Penal Code. The accused admitted to having entered a house in Jalan Pending here at 9.30am on March 2.
KUCHING: The Social Security Organisation (Socso) is calling on self-employed women to register under its Prihatin Wanita (SPW) Programme. Socso chief executive Datuk Seri Dr Mohammed Azman Aziz Mohammed said the federal government has allocated RM10 million to be utilised under the programme. He said a total of 148 women
KUCHING: A woman and five local men aged 20 to 28 were compounded last Tuesday night for failure in adhering to physical distancing rules. Kuching District acting police chief Supt Merbin Lisa in confirming this, said at approximately 11.05pm, a police team from the Kuching district police headquarters (IPD) led
SIBU: Quick response by firefighters here stopped a kitchen fire from completely destroying a two-storey house in Lorong Jeruwit Barat 4 here in the wee hours today (Apr 13). State Fire and Rescue Department’s operations centre said a report of a house on fire was received at 2.32am and firefighters
KUCHING: An operation to search for and rescue a man who fell from a fishing vessel in Igan waters continued today (Apr 13). Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Bintulu acting director Maritime Commander Effendy Mohamed Fadil said the search scope, which entered its third day today, was narrowed by focusing
KUCHING: A fisherman was believed to have fallen into the sea on Sunday morning (Apr 11), about 19 nautical miles from Kuala Igan. Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Sarawak director First Admiral (Maritime) Zin Azman Md Yunus said a search-and-rescue team was deployed to the scene after receiving information from