Friday, 24 April 2026

Author: Connie Chieng

Three house break-in cases reported

KUCHING: A rigging technician lodged a police report after his rented quarters at Bintawa, Pending near here was broken into with his belongings worth more than RM1,000 stolen. The 41-year-old technician from Sri Aman said when he returned from work last Tuesday he was shocked to find that his quarters

207 cartons of smuggled beer seized

KUCHING: Various brands of alcoholic drinks believed to be smuggled were found in a mini market at Lundu at about 11.45 am last Tuesday. Commander of the Sate Marine Police, ACP Salehuddin bin Mat Zaman said when his men went to check the shop they found 207 cartons of beer

Man arrested for theft of solar system

KUCHING: A man was arrested yesterday morning for stealing a solar system and its accessories. The owner had reported the theft on April 6 when his house at Mile 25, Jalan Kuching/Serian was broken into. The solar system was worth over RM10,000. Police have arrested a man at an orchard

Motorcycle pillion rider dies in crash with car

KUCHING: A 52-year-old man who was a pillion rider died on the spot after the motorcycle he was on collided with a car. Sarawak Head of Traffic and Enforcement, Supt Alexson Chabu said the car driver, aged 26, from Petra Jaya was driving from Kota Samarahan at about 9.30 am

Week-day voting disappoints Pakatan Harapan

KUCHING: After the Election Commission’s (EC) announcement that polling day is fixed on May 9, at mid-week, there was a lot of hue and outcry from both sides of the political divide. Chairman of PKR Sarawak, Baru Bian said due to the week-day voting, there is bound to be a

47 arrested in illegal gambling operations

KUCHING: 47 people were arrested throughout Sarawak in operations against illegal gambling for the past one week. 34 were males while the rest were females aged between 17 and 58 years old. Sarawak Criminal Investigation Department (CID) chief, SAC Dato’ Dev Kumar said the operations, which were against illegal gambling,

House break-in case at Kenyalang Park

  KUCHING: A marketing staff who returned home from work at 7.30pm on Tuesday was dismayed to find her rented house at Kenyalang Park here has been broken into. Upon checking, the victim from Sg Moyan found that her handbag kept in a wardrobe was missing. She claimed that the handbag

Sim: DAP needs to see long term benefit of LRT

KUCHING: Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Stakan Branch Chairman, Sim Kiang Cheok said the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. He liken the case where the state DAP is learning from their new master, Tun Mahathir who preferred to give a negative view of everything Barisan Nasional (BN) does.

The man (on a stretcher) arrives at the Sarawak General Hospital.

‘Amok’ warded in hospital

KUCHING: A man in his 40s ran amok in his house at Petra Jaya near here at about 2 am yesterday. The man had threatened to kill his family members. Fearing for the safety, his family members immediately contacted the police for help and four policemen in a patrol car

Driver dies in crash

KUCHING: A 34-year-old male car driver from Sungai Maong succumbed to his injuries and died yesterday morning. Kuan Kuek Hui, the deceased was driving at 5 am towards Jalan Diplomatik to Gersik roundabout when he lost control of his car and slammed into a tree and badly damaging the vehicle.