Author: Connie Chieng

Finish Kota Sentosa job as scheduled

KUCHING: Sarawak United People’s Party’s (SUPP) Wilfred Yap has been informed of the delay in upgrading the canopy and stage at the Kota Sentosa mini town square. Yap, who is SUPP Public Bureau chief, said he was doing his rounds in Kota Sentosa when he was told of the matter.

Gravel lorry crashes into house

KUCHING: A man escaped shaken and unhurt after his lorry crashed into a house yesterday morning. The lorry driver was on his way to Batu Kitang when he lost control of his vehicle at 9.15am and drove into a house at Kampung Lidah Tanah. The gravel he was ferrying spilled

Police say man died of broken skull

KUCHING: Police confirmed that a man who was murdered on Monday in Lundu died of a broken skull and bleeding from the neck. Acting Lundu police chief Insp Kumbat Tan said Besim Bujang, 43, was severely assaulted with weapons. He also suffered from stab wounds on his left ribs, fractured

PH urged to solve clean water woes

KUCHING: The Pakatan Harapan (PH) government is urged to take the necessary steps to solve the scarcity of clean water, especially drinking water, faced by villagers in Kampung Biya Jaber located along Jalan Penrissen Kuching. Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) youth central deputy chairman Andrew Victor Nub, who made the

Wife picks up courage to leave hubby

(Third of a four-part series) Massage outlets are being blamed for broken marriages Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, which was exactly what Jane’s husband of 25 years found out. Playing a long-suffering wife and being a good mother to her two sons, Jane said getting married young

12 arrested over death of man in Lundu brawl

KUCHING: Twelve individuals have been arrested in connection with the death of a man in Lundu, about 100km from here. According to Lundu acting police chief Insp Kumbat Tan, police received a report about a fight at Kampung Perian at about 2am yesterday. Initial investigation revealed that a man from

Massage parlours actually legal

… and workers protected under state labour laws Not many know that massage parlours are actually legal and that certain category of employees working in these outlets are covered under the Sarawak Labour Ordinance. Sarawak Labour Department assistant director Phang Pin clarified that massage parlours are legal and fall under

Burglars now 
target workplaces

KUCHING: There have been a number of thefts at workplaces here recently.  A self-employed man, 32, from Sin Juak Garden accounted that on Tuesday at 11.50pm, his workplace alarm went off on his mobile phone while he was at home. The victim rushed to his workplace at Foochow Road and found

Housing residents complain about illegal rubbish damp

KUCHING: Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Public Complaints Bureau (SPCB) chief Wilfred Yap was recently approached by the residents of a few housing estates off Jalan Stutong Baru who complained to him about an illegal rubbish dump by the road side of Lorong Lapangan Terbang 5K. Following the complaints received,

Daring cable thieves defy gunshot warning

KUCHING: A house owner in Demak Laut was forced to fire two warning shots in the air on Tuesday night because two men were stealing cables near his house. The incident occurred at 9.30pm after a security guard informed the house owner that two persons openly told him they had