Author: Faruqi Jeniri

Dead body found in Subis estate

MIRI: A man was found dead, lying with his face down in an estate in Subis, Niah on Wednesday afternoon. Miri police chief ACP Lim Meng Seah when confirming the discovery, said the deceased was believed to be a 39 year-old Indonesian man who was the Estate’s worker. He added,

Retailer’s friend cheats him over RM30,000 in scam

MIRI: A retailer was made more than RM30,000 poorer as a result of credit card processing fraud. A police report on the alleged fraud was made at Miri central police station (CPS) here on Wednesday (August 1) after the victim, in his 40’s, had failed to obtain his transactions’ profit

Married couple arrested for alleged house break-in

MIRI: Miri police on Wednesday afternoon, arrested a husband and wife in Sungai Sebatuk Niah, for their alleged involvement in house break-in. The arrest was made following on a police report earlier made by a 63-year-old victim who is also staying under the same long house with the suspects in

Technical student arrested for threatening own family

KUCHING: A technical student who threatened his stepmother and family was arrested on Wednesday at about 8pm outside his house. The 19-year-old student from Jalan Setian Raja had threatened family members over minor issues and according to his father who lodged a police report, it was over some wrong wiring

Fire totally destroys wooden house

KUCHING: A fire that started at 6.30pm on Wednesday razed to the ground a wooden house in Kampung Melayu. According to the owner of the house, they were not in when the fire started. Firemen from Tabuan Jaya Fire and Rescue Services Department rushed to the scene to control the

Awang Tengah leads 4-day visit to Vietnam

HANOI (VIETNAM): Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Haji Awang Tengah Ali Hasan who is Second Minister of Urban Development and Natural Resources as well as Minister of Industrial and Entrepreneur Development led a 36-member delegation on a four-day visit to Vietnam on August 1, said a press release yesterday. The

Sarawak-China Business Forum August 6–7 in Kuching

KUCHING: The Ministry of International Trade and E-Commerce (MiTEC) Sarawak will host the Sarawak-China Business Forum at the Waterfront Hotel in Kuching on August 6, and 7. The forum aims to promote and enhance import and export activities between Sarawak and China as well as to provide platform and information

DAP Sri Aman delegation visits local RTD office

KUCHING: DAP Sri Aman Committee members led by Leon Jimat Donald visited the Road Transport Department (RTD) of Sri Aman yesterday.  The group was briefed on the scope and areas of duties held by RTD in the Sri Aman Division by Hillary Bong, the Divisional RTD chief. Leon highlighted on the

PBDSB wants to know PH, GPS next course of action on MA63

KUCHING: Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak Baru (PBDSB) highlighted that the ‘20 per cent’ is rather being the hot topic nowadays between both PH Sarawak and GPS but none of both, had even bother to talk about the next course of action for the return of Sarawak autonomous rights under MA63.

DAP Serian: Third party analysis of Slabi water sources required

KUCHING: The quality of water from Batang Sadong and Sungai Kedup, the sources of raw water intake for the Slabi Water Treatment near Serian can be analysed by a third party, said DAP Serian Chairman, Edward Luwat.  Edward reckoned that the result will be compared with the result just released by the Ministry of Public Utilities, Sarawak which