KUCHING: Two men have been arrested for attempted armed robbery at a 24-hour convenience store at Taman Sukma on Wednesday (Nov 4). One of them was apprehended by a worker, here. Kuching district police chief, ACP Awang Din Awang Gani, said at 2am there was a scuffle between a suspect
KUCHING: The General Operations Force (GOF) seized contraband cigarettes worth RM2,104,506.40 and arrested a local man in an operation codenamed Ops Libas today. GOF Brigade commander SAC Mancha Ata said the raid took place at 9.30am on a house suspected of storing the cigarettes, at Lorong Setia Raja, Tabuan Laru
KUCHING: Police have arrested a man who allegedly stole donation money at a surau near Taman Won Baru, Jalan Matang. Kuching district police chief, ACP Awang Din said the 18-year-old unemployed suspect had entered the surau in a suspicious manner — as seen through CCTV footage inside the surau. Early
KUCHING: Former state special branch chief SAC Mohd Hairuddin Che Hamid is the new Deputy Police Commissioner of Sarawak. He takes over from Datuk Dev Kumar M.M Sree. Dev will be transferred to Bukit Aman Police Headquarters as Deputy Director of Intelligence/Operations of the Criminal Investigation Department; he took up
KUCHING: Five individuals were arrested by the police for operating an illegal online gambling call centre in a raid on Tuesday. Padawan district police chief, Supt Aidil Bolhassan said the raid took place at a two-storey house at Jalan Penrissen around 11.10am. A Padawan Crime Investigation Division (CID) police
KUCHING: The crime rate in Sarawak from January to October this year decreased by 4.39 percent compared to the corresponding period last year, said Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Aidi Ismail. He revealed this at a press conference after the handing over of duties from outgoing Police Deputy Commissioner of Sarawak Datuk Dev
SONG: Six victims escaped death when the car they were travelling in collided with another car at Jalan Selabi, on Tuesday night (Nov 3). According to State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba), a distress call about the incident was received around 9.10pm. Song fire and rescue station immediately despatched a
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 21 new positive Covid-19 cases today (Tuesday), including a one-year- old toddler, bringing the total number in the state to 927. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said of these cases, 12 were reported in Kuching, three in Lundu, three in Miri and three in Lawas. Ten new
KUCHING: Minister in Chief Minister’s Department (Integrity and Ombudsman), Datuk Talib Zulpilip hopes Budget 2021 will help the business community, who are hard hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, through the extension of loan moratorium, tax relief and assistance with wages. He also hopes the elderly and pensioners will be taken
KUCHING: An individual requires two swab tests to determine if he/she is free from Covid-19. Director of State Health Department, Dr Chin Zin Hing explained it would take two tests to ascertain whether an individual was free or not from Covid-19. “Those who undergo the first Covid-19 swab test at
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