KUCHING: The Sarawak Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) has recorded an additional 133 commercial crime cases in the first four months this year compared to the same period last year. Police Commissioner Datuk Mohd Azman Ahmad Sapri said a total of 885 cases were recorded from Jan 1 to Apr
KUCHING: Sarawak police will conduct a statewide operation codenamed ‘Op Selamat’ starting Thursday (Apr 20) to reduce accidents and ensure peace and security in conjunction with the Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebration. The 20th operation, which will run for eight days until Apr 27, will involve a total of 750 police
KUCHING: A driver managed to save himself from a scorching death after his car suddenly caught fire at the Metrocity traffic light intersection, Jalan Matang today. A spokesman for the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said firemen from Petra Jaya station were promptly despatched to the scene after receiving a
SELANGAU: The drivers of two pick-up trucks, which were involved in a collision along Jalan Selangau-Mukah, died from severe injuries today. A spokesman for the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said the accident involving a single cab pickup truck and a double cab pickup truck, happened around 11.10 am. Firemen
MUKAH: Police arrested a local man believed to be the main suspect in an armed gang robbery at a 24-hour convenience store in Selangau town yesterday (Apr 16). Mukah OCPD DSP Muhamad Rizal Alias said his men picked up the 28-year-old along Mile 10, Jalan Mukah-Selangau around 8.30 pm last
KUCHING: The Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) has recorded a total of 168 cases of open burning throughout the state from January to April 17 this year. Its director Datuk Khirudin Drahman said the highest count of 92 cases involved bush, weed, and grass fires. “Garbage waste accounted for
BETONG: A man was found dead inside a pickup truck at an open space along Jalan Tisak today. A spokesman for Civil Defence Force (APM) Betong said they received an emergency call regarding a man trapped inside his vehicle. Following that, a team was despatched to the scene and they
KUCHING: Police here recently arrested three locals who were allegedly running gambling activities around the city in an eight-day operation. The operation, codenamed Ops Dadu, was carried out by the D7 branch of the Kuching Criminal Investigation Division (CID) from April 8 to 15. Kuching district police chief ACP Ahsmon Bajah,
SIBU: A container lorry laden with recycled materials caught fire after part of its tyres exploded near the Paradom roundabout last night (Apr 15). The incident happened around 8.30pm when the lorry, driven by a 34-year-old driver, was travelling from Kuching to Miri. However, he managed to bring the lorry to a
KUCHING: The foreigner who died after being hit by a pickup truck while crossing the road at Jalan Rock, 3rd Mile, yesterday (Apr 15), was the people’s representative of Sanggau, West Kalimantan, in Indonesia. He is identified as 44-year-old Arkadius Mungpin, a member of the Sanggau Regional People’s Representative Council (DPRD)
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