PADAWAN: A house at Kampung Annah Sadir here was swept away by a landslide while two houses nearby are on the brink of collapse. Village chief Sagu Bakong said the incident happened around 3.30am on Tuesday (Jan 12) following heavy rain for the past few days. Fortunately, the owner of
KUCHING: Sarawak police will be setting up 11 roadblocks in three CMCO zones in the state to control inter-zone travel. Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Aidi Ismail revealed that 308 police and army personnel would be manning the roadblocks from 12.01am on Jan 13. For Zone Kuching (including Padawan, Serian, Samarahan,
KOTA SAMARAHAN: A search-and-rescue (SAR) operation is underway for a fisherman who was earlier attacked by a crocodile in Kampung Meranek river early this morning. The victim, identified as Azyan Azhar, 28, was said to have gone to the river with his father to pull their shrimp nets at 3.45am.
KUCHING: A syndicate known as “Geng Adi Tailo”, known for being active in smuggling illegal foreigners into Sarawak, was believed crippled by the General Operations Force (GOF). GOF Sarawak brigade commander SAC Mancha Ata said his men scored the big hit during their operation dubbed ‘Ops Benteng Covid’ held around
BAU: A motorcyclist was killed in a road accident after his bike had gone out of control and collided with an oncoming car on KM13, Jalan Bau-Lundu on Monday. The victim was identified as Mathias O’Neil Patrus Nile Kadap, 31, from Kampung Stenggang, Bau. Sarawak traffic police chief Supt Alexson
KUCHING: The General Operations Force (GOF) seized various uncustomed cigarettes and a lorry estimated to be worth more than RM2.6 million in Siburan on Monday (Jan 11). GOF Sarawak Brigade commander SAC Mancha Ata said the raid dubbed Ops Libas was carried out by a GOF Intelligence unit at 12.05am.
KUCHING: Custom enforcement officers seized alcoholic beverages worth more than RM530,000 including unpaid duties and taxes from a lorry along Jalan Kuching-Bau last Friday (Jan 8). State Customs director Herman Shah Abdullah said the raid took place around 12.40pm following an intelligent report and monitoring conducted by the team. Enforcement
BINTULU: It was a busy night for firemen in Tatau and Samalaju where they were deployed to put out two separate fires. The first was last Friday (Jan 8) and it was a control panel fire in a boiler room at Jalan Tun Hussein Onn. Firemen from Tatau fire station
SRI AMAN: A lorry driver sustained injuries while its passenger was unharmed after the vehicle they were travelling in went out of control and overturned along KM45, Jalan Sri Aman-Kuching today. Sri Aman police chief DSP Bingkok John said the incident happened around 1.30am when the lorry travelling to Sibu,
KOTA SAMARAHAN: A motorcyclist died after his bike went out of control and crashed at Lorong 28, Taman Samarindah here today. District police chief DSP Sudirman Kram said the incident happened at 12.05pm when the victim was travelling from Taman Samarahan. The accident occurred when the victim arrived at a
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