SIBU: A 30-year-old man was ordered today to be put behind bars for five years by the Sessions Court for repeatedly consuming dangerous drugs. Sessions Court judge Marutin Pagan also ordered the accused to be given one stroke of the rotan. Gerald Chua Kah Cheah was charged with consuming amphetamine
SIBU: A 22-year-old man placed under police surveillance with an electronic monitoring device (EMD) will now spend the next 15 months in prison for removing the device. Albert Welson who told police on June 10 that someone had stolen the device was arrested after police did not buy his story.
SIBU: A total of 14 teams each representing the State Legislative Assembly (DUN) constituencies in the central zone have competed in the inaugural edition of the Sarawak Central Zone Football League 2022 which begins on Saturday (June 11). Sarawak Central Zone Football League 2022 is organised by Sibu District Football
SIBU: The Prime Minister’s Special Envoy to China, Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing, has stressed the need for car workshops in the country to embrace hi-tech services. He said because of the advancement of technologies, traditional workshop owners who failed to keep up would fall behind because their customers would
SIBU: Those in the car repair line need new guidelines on processing the insurance claims. A spokeman of Sibu Automobile Repairers Association (SARA), Joseph Ling Chi Uh said the association’s main committee had been communicating with the Transport Ministry, Bank Negara and Malaysia Competition Commission (MyCC) and other relevant governmental
SIBU: Sarawak Skills Development Centre (Sarawak Skills) and Sibu Automobile Repairers Association (SARA) has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to synergise their collective expertise and resources towards advancing talent development. Executive director of the Sarawak Skills, Hallman Sabri said with the formalisation of the collaboration, both organisations would jointly
SIBU: Dudong assemblyman Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing has received many complaints against certain Sibu Municipal Council (SMC)’s contractors through his service centre. The complaints pertained to neglect of local drainage maintenance. So Tiong recently went to Jalan Then Kung Suk here to better understand the situation. To his dismay,
SIBU: A 25-year-old youth has to spend the next two months in prison as he could not pay fine of RM1,000 imposed by the Magistrate’s Court yesterday for committing mischief. Magistrate Mohd Syukri Mokhtar meted out the sentence on Ruddy Gira Lalong from Jalan Oya by fining him RM1,000. Failure
SIBU: The Magistrate’s Court here today (May 31) fined a 30-year-old man RM5,000 in default five months’ imprisonment for disposal of stolen property. Magistrate Punitha Sivaraji passed down the sentence on Muhammad Rukaini Abdullah from Song after he pleaded guilty to the charge. According to the charge sheet, the accused
SIBU: National Journalists Day is a recognition of the fraternity’s contributions to the country by the government. In stating this, Sibu Journalists’ Association (SJA) chairman Yii Souk Ming thanked the government for setting aside May 29 as National Journalists Day. “I am sure that May 29 will be a meaningful