Bin the illegal dumpers!
Illegal dumping poses a big problem. As soon as clean-ups are organised to pick it up, it’s back out there in three or four days. – Unknown I can understand Kota Samarahan Municipal Council (MPKS) chairman Datuk Peter Minos’s disappointment with residents who take the easy way out by indiscriminately dumping garbage in undesignated spaces […]
Illegal crypto mining premises busted
SIBU: Police have busted suspected illegal crypto mining at a two-storey premise in Jalan Serai here Wednesday which had incurred losses from stolen electricity worth almost half a million ringgits. According to Sibu police chief, ACP Zulkipli Suhaili in a statement yesterday (August 11) the operation police around 12:50 pm, is a joint operation between […]
Man nabbed for allegedly selling illegal lottery
BAU: Police here arrested a local man for allegedly engaging in illegal lottery sales activity in an unnumbered house yesterday. Bau district police chief DSP Poge Nyaon in a statement said the suspect was apprehended through the ‘Op Dadu’ raid, which was carried out by the district’s Criminal Investigation Division (CID), at Jambusan old town […]
Ship seized, crew arrested for illegal sand extraction
SIBU: Marine police here seized a ship and arrested six crew for allegedly carrying out illegal sand extraction yesterday (June 10). Sarawak Marine Police Region Five (PPMW5) commander ACP Zulfikar Mohd Ghazali, in a statement on the PPMW5 Facebook page, said a patrol team spotted and detained a ship carrying out the extraction works in […]
418 illegal advertisements removed around Miri City
MIRI: The Miri City Council (MCC) enforcement team has removed a total of 418 illegal advertisements around the city this month. These illegal advertisements include unauthorised posters and stickers in public spaces. MCC, in a statement yesterday (Monday), advised those responsible to cease the illegal practice in light of the heavy penalties imposed by the […]
Businessman discharged by court
SIBU: A businessman heaved a sign of relief when he was discharged by the Sessions Court yesterday from an offence of employing foreign workers illegally. Lim Kiong Chai, 60, was earlier indicted under Section 55B of the Immigration Act 1959/63, punishable under Section 55B (1) of the same Act, which provides a minimum fine of […]
Power thieves’ preferred hunting ground
MIRI: Since 2021, a total 72 bitcoin mining operations committing power theft were discovered in Sarawak.Out of these, 46 cases or 64 per cent occurred in Miri. A total of 161 power outages in this division since last year occurred due to system overload caused by the illegal bitcoin operations in both residential and commercial […]
RM20k fine for selling illegal lottery tickets
KUCHING: A woman was fined RM20,000, in default two months’ jail, by the Magistrates’ Court here on Tuesday (April 26) for selling illegal lottery tickets four years ago. Siti Nur Alisya Zainal Abidin, 23, pleaded guilty to a charge read out by an interpreter before magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali. Siti Nur Alisya and […]
Man held for illegal lottery sale
BAU: A local man was arrested for selling illegal lottery tickets at the five-footway of a commercial centre building during the Ops Dadu raid on Wednesday. Bau district police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said in a statement today that the 23-year-old man from Samarahan was arrested by a team from Bau District Criminal Investigation Division […]
Agent fined for bringing in crew member illegally
KUCHING: An agent of the LNG Jupiter ship, who was guilty for illegally bringing in an Indonesian crew member, was fined RM4,000 on Aug 18. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the Immigration Department took legal action against the accused at the Bintulu Sessions Court. “The accused was charged […]
