Sunday, 11 January 2026

Author: Faruqi Jeniri

Floating corpse identified by family members

MUKAH: A public member here yesterday saw a corpse floating at Mukah River near the Mukah Riverview Restaurant adjacent to the Tua Pek Kong in Mukah Old Bazaar. According to the local police chief here DSP Jimmy Panyau, the case considered a sudden death of which the report was received

Boy slashes own ankle when opening coconut

KUCHING: A 12-year-old boy sustained a deep slash in his ankle after he tried to open a coconut in his village yesterday. The teenager from Kampung Gobel, Petra Jaya climbed the tree to pick the coconut at noon and was opening it up when he accidentally slashed his right ankle.

Factory worker dies in bike crash

KUCHING: A factory worker who was travelling from Mile 15 Serian to Kuching lost control of his motorcycle.  Maxtaisen anak Johny, aged 26, from Samarahan fell from his machine after it went out if control at about 1.45 am on Sunday.  A passerby called an ambulance that later rushed him

Special operation taking victim from rubble of falling trees

LUNDU: Firemen were rushed to a picnic resort, the Jangkar Waterfall in Sematan, Lundu after receiving a call at 12.30 hrs yesterday that a 16-year-old teenager was hit by a falling tree. According to the Operation Commander, the male victim was at the site when following his father who is

Sarawak lass is Miss World Malaysia!

KUCHING: Sarawakian Larissa Ping, 19, was crowned as the winner of the Miss World Malaysia 2018 after beating 11 other finalists. She also took the Top Talent and Miss Photogenic titles and will be representing Malaysia in the Miss World which will be held in Sanya, China, on December 8,

Sarawak Energy’s teams prevent transmission tower from tilting further

KUCHING : Sarawak Energy is taking all necessary measures to secure and stabilise a slanted 132kV Tudan-Miri Airport transmission tower located along Miri Bypass road, caused by Pan Borneo Construction works. Sarawak Energy’s Transmission team discovered the slanted tower during its routine inspection patrols last Friday and the Pan Borneo

Python caught while swallowing a chicken

MIRI: A five-and-half-foot python was caught while swallowing a chicken on Saturday night. The incident happened at a house at Jalan Hiltop here at around 11.51pm. The reptile had slithered into the backyard of the house where the cage housing the chicken was. The loud noises coming from the cage

Driver found dead in car

MIRI: A lifeless body of a 35-year-old man was found on the driver’s seat of a car at Jalan Perlis, Kuala Baram near here early yesterday morning. According to a source, the man identified as Bayang Jamban was involved in a self accident a day earlier before his body was

100 Indonesia soldiers arrive for military exercise

KUCHING: Some 20 officers and 80 rank and file of the Indonesian National Army arrived at the Kuching Air Force base here at 11am yesterday to take part in a military exercise code named ‘KEKAR MALINDO 42AB/2018’ to be held from 9 to 22 September. The Indonesian soldiers flew in

Sibu Hospital needs about 8,000 pints of blood annually

SIBU: A total of 7,485 pints of blood were procured last year involving 4,888 donors during blood donation drives compared to 7,307 pints in 2016. Organising chairperson, who is also director of Sibu Hospital Dr Ngian Hie Ung said that around 80 per cent of the blood were donated by