Saturday, 18 April 2026

Author: Connie Chieng

‘PDRM have no jurisdiction to investigate Chung’s case’

KUCHING: Sarawak Criminal Investigation Department (CID) SAC Dato’ Dev Kumar yesterday clarified that the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) have no jurisdiction to investigate this case as the death occurred on foreign soil. “As such, we cannot request the hospital to conduct the post mortem under such circumstances,” said Dev. He

100 protest over Chung’s shooting

KUCHING: About 100 family members, relatives and friends of the late Chung Soon Teck gathered at the Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Headquarters here armed with banners to protest Chung’s shooting. His wife had lodged a police report in Kuching on the matter. Banners written in Mandarin calling the shooting

Retiree knocked down by lorry dies

KUCHING: A 67-year-old retired civil servant died on the spot after he was knocked down by a lorry while he was crossing a road in front of private hospital at Jalan Rock here at about 9.30am yesterday. The deceased has been identified as Aleng @ Alling anak Dundang of Jalan

No foul play, says CID chief

KUCHING: Sarawak CID chief, SAC Datuk Dev Kumar clarified that there was no foul play in the case of a Unimas student who was found in a pool of blood after she fell down from the second floor of her dormitory last Monday afternoon. Dev confirmed that they have interviewed

Fallen Unimas student still unconscious in ICU

KUCHING: A s tu d ent o f Universiti Sarawak Malaysia (Unimas) is in critical condition after she was found covered with blood from a serious head injury believed to have fallen from a dormitory in the college Monday afternoon. The victim from Kampung Pinang, Kota Samarahan was still unconscious

45 individuals arrested in 28 illegal gambling raids

KUCHING : Sarawak CID chief, SAC Dato’ Dev Kumar said police would continue to weed out illegal gambling activities by raiding illegal gambling outlets in the coming weeks. He said that last week from 13 to 19 November, the state police conducted 28 successful raids on illegal gambling outlets which resulted

Four nabbed for selling smuggled items

KUCHING: Four people were arrested for selling smuggled cigarettes and beer on Wednesday night after police arrested two boys aged 13 and 14 in an open space at Premier 101, Jalan Airport here at 9pm. The duo from Jalan Datuk Stephen Yong and Batu Kawa area were arrested by a

Man arrested for breaking into petrol station

KUCHING: A 25 – year – old Indonesian man from Jawa Tengah, Indonesia was arrested after he broke into a petrol station at Jalan Tun Abang Haji Openg at 4 am on Tuesday. Following a report of a break-in at the petrol station a police team was dispatched to the

Industrial accident ends in death of foreigner

KUCHING : An Ind one s i a n Mahenda Lehan, aged 42, who was working at a bridge construction site at Mile 13, Kuching/Serian Road was involved in an industrial accident. Mahendra, a labourer, was working and was injured on Monday at 10.30 am. He was rushed to the Samarahan

50 arrested in 36 illegal gambling raids

KUCHING: State CID chief, SAC Dato’ Dev Kumar said he had intensified efforts to fight illegal gambling state-wide by rounding up dozens of illegal lottery and cyber gambling reload operators last week. He disclosed that from the 6th to the 12th of November, the state police conducted 36 successful illegal