BINTULU: A fisherman is feared drowned after he failed to return from a fishing trip in Kuala Tatau yesterday (Dec 31). Mohd Ainul Median, 23, was reported to have gone fishing yesterday at 10.30am with two of his friends in three separate boats. While the victim’s friends returned to the
KUCHING: A four-year-old girl suffered minor burns on her arm while escaping from a burning store in Kampung Tandong, Jalan Datuk Stephen Yong, here today. The State Fire and Rescue Department operations centre received an emergency call at 12.37pm on the incident and despatched firemen from Batu Lintang Fire and
LUNDU: The General Operations Force (GOF) successfully thwarted an attempt to smuggle controlled goods out of Sarawak on Monday. According to a spokesperson of GOF, the incident happened at 4.50pm when a team from the GOF 11th Battalion was carrying out patrols at the Malaysia-Indonesia border in Kampung Raso, Lundu.
MIRI: The General Operations Force (GOF) seized contraband cigarettes and alcoholic beverages worth more than RM320,000 in two separate raids on Monday. According to a spokesperson of GOF, the raids were carried out by a team from the GOF 12th Battalion from 11am to 1.30pm. The first raid was at
SIBU: Four security personnel escaped alive after the police patrol car they were in caught fire at Jalan Sungai Assan-Jalan Paradom intersection here yesterday. The State Fire and Rescue Department operations centre despatched firemen from Sibu Fire and Rescue Station to the scene after receiving an emergency call on the
KUCHING: Sarawak police will seek Bukit Aman police headquarters’ assistance to identify drug syndicates in the state and in Indonesia. This is in relation to the recent drug seizure worth RM720,480 in Sungai Paoh, Serian on Dec 26, where three men were found to be smuggling drugs into Indonesia. Sarawak
KUCHING: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) managed to cripple a shop burglary and theft syndicate which is active around Kuching and Padawan areas. Sarawak Deputy Commissioner of Police Datuk Fisol Salleh said the syndicate has been active since the middle of the year. “With the arrest of four men including
MIRI: A four-foot-long cobra paid an unwelcome visit to a house at Lorong Julau 3, Medical Store Road on Monday (Dec 28). The central fire station despatched firefighters to the scene after receiving a distress call around 8.10am. The team arrived to find the reptile inside a toilet. The firefighters
KAPIT: Police arrested a shaman for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl who had requested treatment to cast out unwanted spirits. District police chief DSP Freddy Bian confirmed that the incident happened around 6pm on Dec 24. The girl’s mother brought her to seek counsel from a shaman as she believed
SEBUYAU: A motorcyclist was killed while another sustained severe injury after their machines collided with each other due to a sudden U-turn last Sunday (Dec 27). The collision happened around 9.30am at KM29, Jalan Kampung Sungai Nibong. State Traffic Police chief Supt Alexson Naga Chabu said both riders were travelling
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