KUCHING: City police have received 10 false police reports since January this year. The victims claim in their reports that they are victims of robbery and snatch theft when the actual crime did not take place. The latest fake police report was lodged yesterday (May 28) when a 21-year-old claimed
KUCHING: Swift action by members of the public prevented a rental room on the third floor of a shophouse unit from being destroyed by fire last night (May 28). The incident happened around 8.30 pm at Block F of Taman Sri Sarawak along Jalan Borneo here. Realising the blaze, members
SIBU: Dewan Rakyat Deputy Speaker Alice Lau took time out from her busy schedule to take part in a road safety advocacy campaign at the bus terminal here on Saturday (May 27). The campaign is being held from May 29 to June 4 in conjunction with the Gawai Dayak festive
SIBU: Six guests who were trapped in a smoke-filled hotel at Lorong Emplam, Jalan Kampung Nyabor here, had to be rescued by firemen this morning after their exit route was blocked by thick smoke. The guests, comprised of four women and two men, were found on the balcony outside and at
KUCHING: A female crocodile that had escaped from its enclosure in Matang Wildlife Centre in March this year has been successfully captured by the Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) at a river yesterday (May 27). The corporation said on their Facebook page that the 12-foot-long crocodile was found around 12 p.m. near
KUCHING: An excavator parked by the roadside in Jalan Telaga Air was engulfed in flames this morning (May 28). Fortunately, no one got hurt during the 3.40am incident in Kampung Selang Ulu. A spokesman for the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said firemen from Petra Jaya station were promptly despatched to the
BINTULU: A van driver sustained severe injuries following a two-vehicle collision near Signature Park, Mile 5, this morning (May 28). The man, who did not have any identification documents on him, was promptly rushed to the hospital for immediate treatment. The extent of his injuries is not immediately known. It
SIBU: A local man believed to be connected to a recent seizure of two cannabis plants here has been arrested on Thursday (May 25) to facilitate investigations into the case. Last Wednesday (May 24), a brother-sister duo in their 50s were arrested for alleged cultivation and possession of two cannabis plants
MIRI: In a swift response to multiple emergency calls, the Civil Defence Force (APM) here had a packed schedule as they carried out daring snake-catching operations at three locations on Thursday (May 25). According to a spokesperson, the first distress call was received at 8.25am, followed by two more at
KUCHING: In the Sessions Court, an engineer pleaded not guilty to charges of sending malicious communications through short messaging service (SMS) with racial and sexual connotations to several individuals from a telecommunications company three years ago. Sim, 45, faced five separate charges read before four Sessions Court judges – Afidah
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