Author: Connie Chieng

Two local bodies hold colouring contest

KUCHING: A 65-year old crane operator was arrested by the Crime Investigation Department (CID) of Kota Samarahan on Wednesday at 12.30 pm to assist in the investigation for causing two deaths. Two construction workers were killed after a crane fell on them at a construction site in Kota Samarahan on

KSMC’s move hailed

KUCHING: Sarawak CID chief, SAC Dato’ Dev Kumar Sree Shunmugam has praised Kota Samarahan Municipal Council’s (KSMC) move not to renew the licences of 18 family entertainment centres for suspicion of promoting illegal gambling. This follows the move by Padawan Municipal Council (MPP) in revoking licences of four family entertainment

SPCB lends a helping hand to poor family

by connie chieng Kuching: Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Public Complaints Bureau (SPCB) chief Wilfred Yap was recently approached by residents staying in Lorong 3 of  Stampin Resettlement Scheme, Jalan Stampin Baru  who inform him about the dilapidated condition of a house a poor family of two was staying in.

Soo: Amendments to Domestic Violence Act good for victims

  KUCHING: Laws need to be updated from time to time in tandem with changes taking place in the world. Thus, with the amendments to the Domestic Violence (Amendment Bill) 2017 which was passed by both Dewan Rakyat (Parliament) and Dewan Negara (Senate) is welcomed by all, said Political Secretary to

Body found floating at river

KUCHING: The body of a 55-year-old woman was found floating at Sungai Buda, Muara Tebas near here last Monday afternoon. The remains identified as that of Martha Chai Siaw Yiun of Kpg Sg. Buda, Jalan Bako near here was taken to the Sarawak General Hospital’s morgue for a post mortem.

Two arrested for riding bike with fake number plates

  KUCHING: An Indonesian and a Sarawakian were arrested on Monday afternoon for riding a motorcycle with fake number plates. A police team went to Tabuan Dayak near here at about 2 pm to conduct a check on a Honda motorcycle when they saw two men behaving suspiciously. The motorcycle

COURT REMANDS FATHER, GRANDPA, UNCLES FOR INCEST

KUCHING: A grandfather, a father and two uncles, who were arrested on Friday at 3.30pm, have been remanded for a week to facilitate investigations under Section 376B of the Penal Code for incest. All four suspects were brought to the Samarahan Magistrate Court in Kota Samarahan yesterday morning for remand.

Three found with drugs detained

  KUCHING: A man with 18 previous convictions of drug taking and two females  were arrested in a hotel in Padungan for possession of drugs which could see them being locked up for life upon conviction. The three were a male aged 54 from Kampung Pinang Jawa, a 27-year-old woman

Drugs peddling suspect arrested

KUCHING: A man at Kampung Gersik, Petra Jaya was arrested on Wednesday night at 8.30 pm for selling drugs. Acting on information received, police raided a house at Jalan Astana where a man was found with drugs on him. He has with him 10 tubes of straws containing lumps of

Over 30 residents attend talk by Bau police chief

Bau: A police party led by Bau Police chief, DSP Mohd Sabri bin Zainol went to Gold Hill Estate to give a talk to the residents there and to get to know them. With him were heads from the Narcotic Department, Traffic, MPV and Bau OCS. The invitation was sent