MIRI: A pedestrian died after a hit-and-run collision on Jalan Kuala Baram Batu Satu, Kuala Baram Bypass late Saturday night. Police are appealing for call for public assistance to identify both the driver and the victim. Miri district police chief ACP Mohd Farhan Lee Abdullah said officers were alerted at
MIRI: A late-night police operation here resulted in 55 summonses being issued to motorcyclists for various traffic offences. A total of 21 motorcycles were also seized, with ten detained under Section 60 of the Road Transport Act 1987. The operation, codenamed Ops Samseng Jalanan, began at 11:00 pm on Saturday
MIRI: The police here have detained a 50-year-old security guard on suspicion of involvement in a violent assault reported in the district earlier this week. The man was arrested on October 30 during a coordinated operation led by the Crime Prevention Division and the Criminal Investigation Department. Officers moved in
MIRI : A routine night took an unexpected turn in Marina Phase 1, Miri, when firefighters were called to deal with a crocodile stranded on a public road late on Saturday night. The alarm was raised at 10:03 pm, prompting a swift deployment from the Miri Central Fire and Rescue
MIRI: Eighteen men who failed to comply with court-ordered drug rehabilitation monitoring have been arrested in a targeted enforcement sweep by the National Anti-Drug Agency (AADK) here on October 28. According to AADK, seven of the men were picked up in Subis and eleven in Miri during ‘Ops Kesan’, which
MIRI: Miri raised its profile as an emerging cultural destination on Friday with the opening of the 19th Borneo Jazz Festival, drawing a vibrant crowd and signalling renewed momentum in Sarawak’s creative tourism sector. The launch at Eastwood Valley Golf and Country Club was officiated by Mayor Adam Yii Siew
MIRI: As the Borneo Jazz Festival returns this weekend, Miri is positioning itself as a regional centre for music tourism, bringing artists and audiences from Malaysia, Asia and other countries to the popular resort at Eastwood Valley Golf and Country Club here. The three-day festival, themed ‘Jazzy Miri’, runs from
MIRI: Sarawak’s real estate and business events sectors are signalling renewed confidence with the appointment of Datuk Hii Chang Kee as the incoming Chairman of Business Events Sarawak (BESarawak). Imasa Dinasti Sdn Bhd, the master developer of the Kenyalang Smart City (KSC) project in Northern Miri, welcomed the announcement, describing
MIRI: A 21-year-old man was found dead in an apparent suicide at Padang Majlis Daerah Subis, Sepupok, this afternoon. Police alerted the Batu Niah Fire and Rescue Station at 4:15 pm, requesting assistance to bring down the victim. A fire crew was dispatched immediately and arrived on site nine minutes
MIRI: A corporate-backed education drive has expanded support to almost one hundred underprivileged students across Sarawak, in what is being positioned as a long-term effort to ease the persistent barriers faced by children in remote communities. SOP Foundation has extended its Student Adoption Programme (SAP) to 95 students in the