KUCHING: A total of 1,457 police personnel will be assigned with security and safety duties throughout Sarawak’s 60 years of Independence celebration from May 26 to Aug 19. Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Mohd Azman Ahmad Sapri said the duties and responsibilities of the police are to conduct proper VVIP security
KUCHING: Sarawak police will be conducting an eight-day statewide ‘Ops Khas’ in conjunction with the upcoming Gawai Dayak festive season at the end of May. The operation, which will involve a total of 850 personnel from various departments and branches in the state, will be held from May 29 to
KUCHING: Sarawakian-born Awang Din Awang Gani has returned to the Land of Hornbills as the new Sarawak Management Department chief. The 58-year-old from Kampung Gersik, also assumed the rank of Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police (SAC). Awang Din had, previously, served as the 30th Kuching police chief with the rank
BINTULU: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) seized RM45,250 worth of contraband cigarettes and beer at the coast of Samalaju last Sunday (May 14). MMEA Bintulu director Captain Mohd Khairol Anuar Saad said the seizure was made around 8 pm during a patrol along the coast to detect and curb
BETONG: A family of five in Debak was left homeless after their house was ravaged by fire early this morning. The single-storey house, located in Kampung Bungey, Debak, here was destroyed around 5 am, leaving the family with nothing but only the clothes on their backs. The family is temporarily
KUCHING: A sexagenarian sustained burns after a double-storey house along Jalan Penrissen, Mile 4 1/2, here caught fire last night (May 14). A spokesman for the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said the 60-year-old was promptly rushed to Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) for immediate treatment. The victim suffered burns on
KUCHING: A member of the Civil Defence Force (MCDF) was injured by a dog while handling an emergency case on Saturday night. The incident occurred when the team responded to an emergency call from a member of the public in a village at Jalan Kuching-Bau at around 10.45 pm. A
TANJUNG MANIS: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) here detained a fishing boat and arrested three crewmen for violating the legal conditions of their fishing licence by using a trawl last Friday (May 12). MMEA Tanjung Manis director Commander Gilbert Tinggak Numpang said the detention was made around 1.40pm, some 3.5
KUCHING: A female student here was allegedly punched in the face by a male teacher for wearing a Baju Melayu to a Hari Raya gathering at a secondary school here. The incident was shared on Twitter by a user with the handle achelois@annisabatrisy_, who is the victim’s older sister, at
MIRI: A family of three were left startled early this morning when they sighted a one-metre-long black cobra in their living room just as they were about to begin the Fajr prayer. The incident took place at Jalan Kampung Pulau Melayu, here. The 28-year-old complainant and his family found the
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