Author: Connie Chieng

House owner makes report on loss of items worth RM40,000

Kuching: A 47-year-old jobless woman from Bampfylde Heights lodged a report that at about 12.15 pm on Thursday, that when she and her husband and an estate agent went to see her house at Park Lane which was put up for sale, she was shocked to find the house in

Self-employed loses four bonsai trees to thieves

KUCHING: A self-employed man lost four artificial bonsai trees to thieves yesterday morning. The 58-year-old from Cenderawasi, Jalan Depo, said he woke up at around 7.00an and later discovered that the trees, worth RM4,000, which he placed outside his house were missing. A police report on the incident was lodged.

Elderly man found dead in boat-shaped hut

KUCHING: An elderly man was found dead in a boat-shaped hut located behind the Sg Apong Market here on Tuesday. The victim was identified as Vong Hua Tung, 66. It was said the victim had made the hut his home while making a living by selling vegetables or repairing boats

SUPP welcomes call to set up English medium schools in state

KUCHING: Assistant Treasurer of Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP), Robert Lau welcomed the call made by Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department,  Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan for English medium schools to be set up. The Minister had recently called for the reintroduction of English medium schools in order to improve

Motorcyclist hurt in collision

KUCHING: A motorcyclist sustained injury on his head after the motorcycle he was riding rammed a van at the traffic light junction in Matang Jaya, Petra Jaya near here at 1.45pm yesterday. The impact of the collision caused the motorcyclist to be flung from his motorcycle. Firemen brought the injured

Man found dead in hut

KUCHING: A mentally unsound man was found dead in a hut behind the Sungai Apong Wet Market here, yesterday. When a passer-by saw the man at 10am yesterday, he thought that the man was sleeping. But when he returned in the afternoon he still saw the man in the same

Diversion culvert to mitigate flash floods at Jalan Luis

KUCHING: Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Public Complaints Bureau chief Wilfred Yap and Kapitan Wong Ka Chuan inspected the situation at Jalan Luis where the residents there claimed an ongoing development project there is causing flash floods in the area. Yap said he was approached by the residents to see

IRB’S OPS KUTIP TARGETS RM22.26M

KUCHING: A total of RM22. 26 million needs to be collected by the State Inland Revenue Board (IRB) as arrears for 2016 and 2017 as of April 2017. According to the State IRB director Ramlot Keli, they will try to collect the due amount under their special ‘Kunjungan Mesra Hasil

Python curled between two ATMs shocks customer

KUCHING: A woman who was about to withdraw cash from the ATM at a bank in Satok here was shocked to see a big python inside the bank. She said it was curling between the bank’s two ATM machines on Sunday afternoon at about 4.00 pm. The woman immediately ran out after

Two youths nabbed for selling illegal 4D

KUCHING: Police arrested two youths for allegedly selling illegal 4D tickets last Sunday afternoon. Kuching Police District chief, ACP Abang Ahmad Abang Julai said the duo was detained by the police at a shop at Everbright Estate, Jalan Batu Kawa here. He said RM82 in cash, two mobile phones, stationery