Author: Connie Chieng

Schoolboy hurt in bike-car collision

KUCHING: A Form Four student suffered injuries to his face and body after he was flung from his motorcycle at 1pm yesterday. The student collided with a Mercedes Benz car at the junction of Matang Road near his school while on his way home. The Mercedes driver was unhurt in

Reps visit MACC chief

KUCHING: The Member of Parliament for Bandar Kuching Dr Kelvin Yii along with Lanang MP Alice Lau, Padungan assemblyman Wong King Wei and Pending assemblywoman Violet Yong recently paid a courtesy call on MACC chief commissioner Latheefa Koya at the latter’s office in Putrajaya. Dr Yii revealed that they had a

SUPP thanks Abang Johari for honouring his promise

KUCHING: Political secretary to the chief minister, Michael Tiang thanked Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari for honouring his promise to Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) by promoting Datuk Lee Khim Shim as full minister and appointing Datuk Sebastian Ting as assistant minister. Tiang, who is also Pahlawan SUPP secretary,

Poverty-stricken man receives assistance

KUCHING: Junaydy Nangut, 43, of Kampung Beradau in Siburan has been staying in his badly dilapidated house for decades and is often alone as his wife and four children are living with relatives in Serian. Junaydy said his family cannot live with him as their house could collapse if there

SUPP all for return of Rangers and Border Scouts

KUCHING: Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) fully supports the call for the revival of the Sarawak Rangers and Border Scouts to strengthen control over the state’s borders. SUPP secretary-general Datuk Sebastian Ting pointed out yesterday, “Currently, the border control is weak because of our long boundary with Indonesia. As a

Drug peddler detained

KUCHING: Police arrested an Indonesian who was peddling drugs in Betong district on Sunday afternoon. Sarawak Narcotics CID chief Supt Hasnir Abdul Hamid said the man was behaving suspiciously at Semumok Betong and upon checking, police found 29 transparent plastic straws containing what was suspected to be syabu. The unemployed

Farmer injured by sword-wielding man

KUCHING: A farmer sustained injuries on his left arm and right leg after being attacked by a man on Sunday night at 10pm. The farmer from Taman Dayu Sebuku, Bau said he was walking out of a coffee shop and about to enter a store in Batu Kawa when a

Woman to face the music: DCP

KUCHING: Social media, when used for the wrong reason, could cause alarm and panic as proven in the case of a false report of an abduction case here on Sunday. A 20-year-old woman, who lodged a false report about the abduction of her sister and niece, is likely to be

Couple nabbed for drug peddling

KUCHING: An unemployed man and his foreign girlfriend were nabbed for peddling drugs in Kota Samarahan on Wednesday afternoon. The 34-year-old from Taman Malihah and his 25-year-old girlfriend from China were caught in a house in Samarahan. When police checked the upper floor of the house, they found two transparent

Govt lauded for rejecting Zakir Naik

KUCHING: Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Stakan Branch thanked the GPS government for not condoning and allowing any racial or religious bigots to enter the state. In a press statement, it stated that the current state of affairs in Malaya with numerous inflammatory remarks on race and religion made by