MIRI: Miri is stepping up efforts to position itself as a hub for specialised tourism following the arrival of 120 visitors from Hong Kong under a structured study programme that blends travel with education and industry exposure. The five-day visit, from April 26 to 30, is being framed as part
MIRI: A 73-year-old man who went missing from his farm near here has been found dead following a five-day search. Sagai Kunchau was reported missing on the night of April 23 after failing to return home from his smallholding near the Petronas bypass. It triggered an immediate response from the
MIRI: A man in his early 40s here has lost more than RM257,000 in an online investment scam after weeks of contact with a woman who promised high returns through a purported stock trading scheme. Miri district police chief ACP Mohd Farhan Lee Abdullah said the Commercial Crime Investigation Division
MIRI: A lorry parked beside a home here was destroyed in a fire this afternoon (Apr 26). Firefighters were called at 1.41 pm to Jalan Desa Pujut, off Jalan Datuk Permaisuri in Bandar Permai Jaya, where the vehicle was already ablaze. A crew from the Lutong Fire Station, led by
MIRI: Malaysian immigration authorities have detained six foreign nationals during a late-night raid on a reflexology centre here, in what officials describe as part of a sustained crackdown on illegal employment and document fraud. The operations, known as ‘Ops Gegar’, were carried out on April 24 following intelligence gathered on
MIRI: Two cars were gutted and flames spread to adjacent houses in an early morning fire at a residential area here today (Apr 26). The incident occurred at about 2.29 am at Pineville 3, South Lake, according to the Fire and Rescue Department. Firefighters from Lopeng Fire and Rescue Station
MIRI: A man was arrested in northern Sarawak after allegedly threatening to kill his sister with a machete in a dispute at a plantation settlement near Niah. The suspect, a 37-year-old foreign national, was detained following a police report lodged by his 35-year-old sister on Wednesday afternoon. The woman told
MIRI: A family of six escaped unharmed after a fire destroyed their wooden home in Kampung Sealine, Lutong, within minutes on Thursday (Apr 23) evening, firefighters said. The Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department said crews from the Lutong station were alerted at 7.48pm and arrived at the scene five minutes
MIRI: A driver escaped with minor injuries after the car he drove overturned in a single-vehicle crash in Niah here yesterday afternoon. According to the Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) spokeperson, the incident occurred at Kampung Bukit Bom along Jalan Sepupuk at about 2:36 pm. Firefighters from the Batu
MIRI: A driver escaped with minor injuries after a car plunged into a ravine in northern Sarawak this morning (Apr 23). Emergency crews were called at 7:40 am to Kampung Pelabi Bekenu, near Batu Niah, where a Perodua Axia had veered off the road and fallen into a slope about
