Tuesday, 21 April 2026

Author: Connie Chieng

Biker, pillion rider cheat death in crash

KUCHING: A motorcyclist and his pillion rider cheated death after the motorcycle they were riding rammed into the rear of a truck laden with earth at Jalan Singai, Bau, about 9 am, yesterday. The impact of the collision caused the motorcyclist and his pillion rider to fall off the motorcycle.

Murdered China woman’s head sent to SGH

KUCHING: The head of a murdered China woman was brought to the Sarawak General Hospital morgue on Monday for further tests. The woman’s severed head was found on the beach at Sg Batang Lupar, Jalan Skait Lama, Sri Aman on March 3. Aged 31, she was married with two children and had

Kho Teck Wan: Go for Sarawak-based party like SUPP

Kho Teck Wan, 41, was clad in her usual T-shirt and jeans as she slugged a back pack containing her laptop around. A potential candidate for Kuching parliamentary constituency, Kho, Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Women’s Chief is ready to take on whatever is coming her way. Sensible, pretty and

MA63: Chong is doing the opposite

KUCHING: Assemblyman for Batu Kitang, Lo Khere Chiang expressed his annoyance at the way DAP MP, Chong Chieng Jen talked with a very negative attitude on the Chief Minister’s announcement on the Sarawak oil and gas issue. Lo lambasted Chong for not talking like a Sarawakian.  “At least Johari Jo is

Indonesian worker injured in fall

KUCHING: A 22-year-old Indonesian man fell from the third floor of a building under construction at Semariang near here at about 1.30 pm, yesterday. The man was working when he missed a step on a plank and fell down. He sustained serious injuries on his body and left arm. His

Wilfred Yap feeling the pulse of the people

KUCHING: One of the Sarawak United People’s party (SUPP) potential candidates for Stampin, Wilfred Yap Yau Sin, felt that the pulse this time for SUPP is different. Yap who contested against DAP Chong Chieng Jen in the last State election in the Kota Sentosa constituency but lost. This time if

Mum relieved missing little girl found

KUCHING: The mother of a fouryear- old girl was relieved and thankful to the police for finding her little girl who went missing yesterday morning. The mother aged 30 said at about 8.30am, she discovered her daughter was not in their house at Lorong Bentara, Petra Jaya here after she

Head found on river bank – 42-year-old man arrested

  SRI AMAN: Police here had arrested a man, aged 42, to assist in the investigation of a human head which was found on the banks of Sg Batang Lupar about 4.30 pm last Saturday. Sarawak CID Chief, SAC Dato’ Dev Kumar in a media conference in Kuching yesterday said

54 collared in 47 gambling raids

KUCHING: Operations against illegal gambling activities in the state continued last week as the Sate Police CID intensified its raids to free the state of gambling activities, disclosed State CID chief, SAC Dato’ Dev Kumar. He said from 26 February to 4 March, the State CID conducted 47 successful gambling

Girl bitten by monkey taken to hospital

KUCHING: A four-year-old girl who was playing with her friends and wanted to return home to Kampung Semerah was bitten by a monkey. The girl was walking along a jungle track home with her family members at about noon on Sunday when she saw a monkey and teased it. The