KUCHING: A warning has been issued to the public regarding a fraud syndicate that is exploiting the official Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) logo to send mass emails containing offers of discounted traffic violation settlements to personal email accounts. The fraudulent email claims that the recipient has unresolved traffic violations that
KUCHING: The city police in collaboration with Sarawak Energy Berhad (SESCO), cut off power supply to three business premises and a house suspected of operating online gambling centres. Kuching police chief ACP Ahsmon Bajah said the joint operation was carried out by the Criminal Investigation Division (CID) and SESCO from
TANJUNG MANIS: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has detained a cargo ship and its crew after the skipper failed to submit the vessel’s exit manifest and domestic shipping license. MMEA Tanjung Manis director Gilbert Tinggak Numpang said the detention was made around 9.20am after a patrol boat detected a
KUCHING: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has detained a cargo ship laden with sand as well as eight crew members for failing to produce a written proof regarding the change of skipper on Monday (Oct 16). MMEA Sarawak director First Admiral Zin Azman Md Yunus said a patrol vessel
DARO: The bodies of three teenagers who were swept away by a strong current at Sungai Batang Lassa on Sunday (Oct 15) have been discovered and retrieved this morning (Oct 17). The young victims, all aged 13, have been identified as Herodias Enggung, Aldrin Gambang Allan Kiai and Sebastian Oziel
SIBU: A wee-hour fire has caused nine residents to be homeless after razing two wooden houses to the ground at Jalan Kapor, Bukit 5 today (Oct 17). Fortunately, no injuries were reported among the residents as they managed to get out to safety in the 2.30pm incident. A spokesman for
KOTA SAMARAHAN: Two female students have been arrested for allegedly assaulting another female student in Asajaya. The incident gained attention after a video of the fight went viral on Facebook.The video, lasting 1.34 minutes, depicted a 12-year-old girl being assaulted by two other girls in a village area.Kota Samarahan police
KUCHING: Deputy Police Commissioner Datuk Mancha Ata will be the first Dayak of Iban descent to officially helm the post of Sarawak Police Commissioner. Outgoing Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Mohd Azman Ahmad Sapri said he (Mancha) will assume his new post on or before Nov 13 this year. “We are currently
KUCHING: The police will be deploying a total of 624 police officers and other personnel during the upcoming Jepak by-election period. Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Mohd Azman Ahmad Sapri said their assignments will be divided into five phases in order to ensure that the Jepak by-election will be held peacefully
KUCHING: A teenage girl was among five individuals arrested for allegedly trafficking RM1.4mil worth of syabu drugs from the Peninsular to Sarawak. The suspects, comprising three men and two women aged between 17 and 22, were nabbed in an ‘Op Tapis Khas’ at separate locations in Bintawa and Stutong between
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