KUCHING: Police busted an online gambling syndicate following raids on two online gambling call centres operating at two separate locations here on Wednesday (July 22) and apprehended nine individuals, including eight foreigners. State CID chief SAC Dennis Leong said the suspects aged between 20 and 36 were rounded up following
KUCHING: Since May 8, a total of 48 persons have been compounded for violating the standard operating procedures (SOPs) set by the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC). “Of the total, seven men were compounded at eateries for not practising social distancing and two others were compounded for not providing infrared
KUCHING: Thirty-three individuals, including 13 women, were issued with a RM1,000 compound each for failing to practise social distancing in a bistro at Jalan Song here on Saturday. Kuching district police chief ACP Awang Din Awang Gani said those being compounded also consist five employees of the bistro. “During the
MIRI: A teenager fell to his death at a shopping complex along Jalan Miri-Pujut last Saturday. District police chief ACP Lim Meng Seah said the 19-year-old was found unconscious in a pool of blood at a parking space behind the complex around 7.30pm. An eye witness said that while resting
BINTULU: A fire has left 135 occupants of an 18-door longhouse, Rumah Lanting Depong at Nanga Gun in Sungai Arip, with nothing but the clothes on their backs. The fire broke out around 11.30pm last Saturday (July18), said the State Fire and Rescue Department. Its spokesperson said firefighters from Tatau
MIRI: The Royal Malaysian Customs Department seized over 3,462kg of various types of undeclared imported vegetables worth RM53,369 involving duty and tax of RM59, 086 following an inspection at Jalan Bintulu-Miri. Sarawak Customs director Datuk Sharifah Halimah Tuanku Taha said the vegetables were found in a 40-feet long refrigerated trailer
BAU: A 28-year-old man was detained for drug abuse near a commercial building at midnight yesterday. District police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said the man was spotted acting suspiciously. Police detained him for inspection at 12.10am. “A body check was conducted and we found a straw containing 0.15g of crystalline
LAWAS: Police arrested a man following a drug bust near a bus stand at Kampung Melusuk, Jalan Punang yesterday. According to a statement issued by the district headquarters, the raid was carried out at around 10am. Following a body check, police found a blue straw containing crystalline substances believed to
KUCHING: A Special Branch officer was arrested for cross-border human trafficking involving illegal immigrants recently. Sarawak Commissioner of Police Datuk Aidi Ismail said the arrest was made by the State Immigration Department in an operation at Tebedu, Serian about two weeks ago. At the time of the arrest, the officer
KUCHING: An eatery worker here was assaulted after asking customers to wear their face masks. According to sources, the incident occurred around 9.15am yesterday when the eatery was patronised by two customers, a male and a female, without their masks on. A female worker, who attended to them, requested the
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