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Duo arrested for plastic chair fight

SARIKEI: Police have arrested two men for allegedly involvement in a plastic chair fight outside a local eatery here. The incident gained widespread attention after a 49-second video clip depicting the incident surfaced on social media last week. In the clip, two men fought with plastic chairs as weapons. Despite

Cobra cripples syndicate; seizes drugs worth RM1.5m

KUCHING: Customs officers here have made their largest drug haul of the year with the seizure of methamphetamine worth RM1.5 million. Acting on information, the department’s elite team, the Customs Operational Battle Force Response Assault (Cobra), together with the Kuching International Airport Customs Narcotics Branch raided a two-storey residence in

Cops shut down mahjong game, eight arrested

MUKAH: Eight locals, including a woman, were arrested for engaging in a mahjong session in a premises here yesterday (Mar 17). Mukah police chief DSP Muhamad Rizal Alias said the Criminal Investigation Division (CID) conducted surveillance before raiding the upper floor of the premises around 4 pm. Two men and

Army stops smuggling of Indian onions to Indonesia

BAU: A local man’s attempt to smuggle 340 packs of onions imported from India into a neighbouring country was thwarted by the army yesterday (Mar 17). The incident occurred around 11.15 am when soldiers from the First Infantry Division noticed a lorry acting suspiciously at Empaling oil palm plantation, about

Woman dodges death in car fire

KOTA SAMARAHAN: A woman narrowly escaped a fiery fate when her car suddenly caught ablaze in Kampung Tambey last night (Mar 17) The 23-year-old driver managed to get out to safety just in the nick of time around 8.45 pm, averting potential tragedy. Firefighters from Kota Samarahan station were promptly

Teen rider surrenders to cops after social media storm

KUCHING: A teenage rider, who went viral on social media for provoking another road user last Thursday (Mar 14), has surrendered to the police three days later. Kuching OCPD ACP Ahsmon Bajah in a statement, said the 18-year-old turned himself in to the Kuching Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Division around

Crash injures married couple

MIRI: A local man and his wife sustained injuries following a two-vehicle collision at Jalan Sepupok-Batu Niah today (Mar 17). The accident, which involved a pick-up truck laden with oil palm fruits and a Proton Saga, occurred around 2 pm. Firefighters from the Batu Niah station were promptly dispatched to

Parents, neighbours foil attempted kidnapping of eight-year-old girl

KUCHING: Swift and heroic efforts by parents and neighbours successfully thwarted a man’s attempt to kidnap an eight-year-old girl for alleged companionship. News of the attempted kidnapping went viral on social media after the girl’s father posted a detailed account and photos on Facebook. The incident occurred on Monday (Mar

38 foreigners rounded up in immigration raids

BINTULU: A series of operations conducted around town here yesterday (Mar 16), have resulted in the arrest of 38 individuals of various foreign nationalities. The Sarawak Immigration Department said that the raids were held at 14 locations with known presence of undocumented migrants such as factories, commercial lots, construction sites

House partially burned due to cooking mishap

PUSA: A wooden house in Kampung Semarang here was partially destroyed yesterday (Mar 16), allegedly due to unsupervised cooking. Fortunately, all four occupants, aged between nine and 35, managed to evacuate safely, with no injuries or casualties reported. A spokesperson for the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said that firefighters