KUCHING: The search for farmer Joseph Basir who went missing last Tuesday went into its third day yesterday without any sight of him. Lundu police chief DSP Wong Chee Keong when contacted said the search for Joseph was called off yesterday although with a wider search perimeter he still could
KUCHING: Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Central Youth chairman, Michael Tiang, suggested to the Sarawak government that it should call for a referendum to ascertain the people’s aspirations. Tiang said in the 60s, SUPP was pushing for a referendum to be held when Sarawakians were asked to decide on Malaysia’s
KUCHING: Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii is disappointed that Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) MPs chose to play politics over the interests of Sabah and Sarawak when they abstained from voting on the all-important amendments to Article 1(2) of the Federal Constitution. In a press statement issued on Thursday, Dr
KUCHING: Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Central Youth secretary-general Milton Foo said GPS MPs who did not vote for the amendment Bill of MA63 (Malaysia Agreement 1963) did not mean that they were not supportive of the amendment to the constitution. “It was just that they were not agreeable to
KUCHING: Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr James Jemut Masing questions the sincerity of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government in wanting to give equal rights to Sarawak and Sabah. Masing said if there is sincerity in the amendment of the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63), PH should have expressed it very
KUCHING: A man who went fishing with his relatives on Tuesday morning was still missing at press time yesterday, said Lundu police chief DSP Wong Chee Keong. Joseph Basir, 68, reportedly failed to return home after both his two relatives were back in their Kampung Gerunggang, Lundu. The trio had
KUCHING: An administrative officer woke up to find his house broken into at 2.45am on Tuesday. The victim, 44, from Lorong Cahaya Permai, Taman Semariang was sleeping and woke up upon hearing noises. He turned on the lights, which probably scared the burglars away, to find the house in a
KUCHING: A 33-year-old Pakistani man was arrested for attempting to break into a store at a house at Kg Masjid Jalan Datuk Ajibah Abol here earlier yesterday morning. Members of the public who saw him made a citizen’s arrest at about 2.45am in the house before handing him over to
KUCHING: The five-day anti-rabies operation in Padawan has been a success, says Padawan Municipal Council chairman Lo Khere Chiang. In a post-mortem meeting on Tuesday with Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas and Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Dr Sim Kui Hian, Lo said the operation was
KUCHING: History repeats itself, says Sarawak DAP committee member Julian Tan. “The only difference is now they failed to cast the vote needed to restore back Sabah and Sarawak as equals with Peninsular Malaysia. “In 1976, they downgraded the status of Sarawak to that of one of the 13 states,”
