SARATOK: Seven family members were left homeless after their wooden house went up in flames at Ulu Roban on Monday (Sept 27). No injuries or casualties were reported in the incident. All the seven family members managed to escape safely. Firemen from the Saratok station rushed to the scene to
PADAWAN: The public are advised not to apply for any loans via Facebook, but through a licensed money lender instead. District police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan said this in light of a recent viral post where a person’s property was splashed with red paint by a loan shark. “I advise
MIRI: The local police have arrested a man who allegedly assaulted his wife in a house at Kampung Lusut Jaya. Initial investigations found that the cause of the 9.30pm violence on Saturday (Sept 25) was jealousy. The suspect in his early 30s is believed to have hit and kicked his
BAU: Local police arrested a man for alleged involvement in illegal lottery sales in Kampung Peninjau Lama, Siniawan on Saturday (Sept 25). The arrest during ‘Ops Dadu’ was done by the district police around 6.30pm at a parking lot in the village. Bau police chief DSP Poge Nyaon, who confirmed
SARATOK: A welder died and another suffered minor injuries after the vehicle they were in crashed at KM30, Jalan Betong-Sarikei. Sarawak Traffic Police chief Supt Alexson Naga Chabu, who confirmed the case, said the four-wheel drive (4WD) vehicle crashed around 3pm last Friday (Sept 24). The driver identified as Mohd
BAU: Three jobless men were arrested for drug possession valued at RM3,100 in a wooden hut at Kampung Nowang Mile 5 on Saturday (Sept 25). Acting on public information, a narcotic police team led by Sub-Inspector Mapi Sipie, raided the hut around 10.15am. District police chief DSP Poge Nyaon, who
KANOWIT: An army veteran died on the spot after his bike collided head-on with a four-wheel drive (4WD) vehicle at KM18, Jalan Kanowit-Durin last Friday (Sept 24). Francis Among Bundak, 42, from Mukah, was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics from Kanowit Hospital. Sarawak Traffic Police chief Supt Alexson
PADAWAN: Police here arrested three locals for allegedly operating an illegal online gambling call centre in an apartment last Friday (Sept 24). A team of personnel from Sarawak Police Contingent Headquarters (IPK) and the district’s police headquarters raided the premises at Jalan Stapok Utama around 10.05pm. District police chief Supt
MIRI: Police have remanded eight men to facilitate investigations into a fight in Piasau Jaya last Thursday. Magistrate Leona Dominic Mojiliu meted out the remand order via Zoom online conference at Miri central police station today (Sept 24). The eight comprised seven suspects aged between 31 and late 40s, including
SIBU: A retired hospital staff member lost RM10,000 to a scam syndicate over numerous illogical offences. On Wednesday (Sept 22), the 62-year-old woman received a call from a man who identified himself as Zulkifli Mohd Adli purportedly from Telekom Malaysia headquarters. He told her that she had overdue phone bills
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