KUCHING: Sarawak Housing Purchaser Claims Tribunal yesterday ordered a developer to rectify all house defects as demanded by six claimants. Tribunal president Robert Elone Sireng along with two panelists Peter Lim Thiam Seng, Trabawan Mandi ordered Bodco Engineering and Construction Sdn Bhd to replace the house fences according to the
KUCHING: Sarawak is taking extra precautions following neighbouring Brunei recording its first confirmed case of Covid-19. The State Disaster Management Committee Secretariat said the patient had flown in to Miri from Kuala Lumpur on March 3. The Sarawak Health Department had identified the four passengers from Sarawak seated close to
KUCHING: The body of a boy who fell from the Kampung Buntal jetty here last Monday was recovered at 3.50pm yesterday. The 11-year-old boy, identified as Mohd Zainol Arif Jailani, went fishing with his friends in the river near his home. It is believed that after he fell, he was
KUCHING: Nine drug addicts were detained by the National Anti-Drugs Agency (AADK) during an operation dubbed ‘Ops Sharp’ on Saturday. AADK operation chief Jesnik Gindol said they were all male aged between 20 and 40 years old. “Seven of them tested positive for methamphetamine,” he said in a statement yesterday.
KUCHING: Police arrested three youth, including two 16-year-olds, during two operations dubbed ‘Op Samsung Jalanan’ and ‘Op Motorsikal’ conducted at Jalan Kampung Baru on Saturday. Samarahan district chief DSP Lee Chong Chern said of the three, one was arrested for riding recklessly. “Such action could bring harm to the rider
KUCHING: A man was seriously injured in a crash involving a car and an oil tanker at KM15 Jalan Klinker, off Kuching-Serian Road yesterday. State Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department chief Supt Alexson Naga Chabu said the collision occurred at 9.40am. “The tanker was heading towards Kota Samarahan from Serian
KUCHING: The body of a 14-year-old boy feared drowned at the Kampung Bintangor pontoon jetty was found on the same day he went missing. A spokesperson from the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said a search and rescue (SAR) operation took place at the pontoon jetty along Jalan Datuk Ajibah
KUCHING: The General Operations Force (GOF) raided a house at Jalan Black Smith, Lundu, on Thursday and seized 2,638 pieces of dead corals valued at RM127,750. Sarawak Brigade Commander Datuk Khaw Lok Chin said a 56-year-old man was detained to facilitate investigations into the seizure. Khaw said the raid ‘Op
KUCHING: A man escaped unscathed after his car plunged and turned turtle in a stream at Jalan Belatok, Taman Malihah yesterday. State Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department chief Supt Alexson Naga Chabu said the incident occurred at around 8.30am. The 46-year-old man was driving towards Taman Malihah from Batu Kawa
COVID-19 WATCH KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 18 new Person-Under-Investigation (PUI) cases of Covid-19 yesterday, bringing the tally to 195. The State Disaster Management Committee said of the new cases, 16 were reported at the Sarawak General Hospital, one each in Sibu and Bintulu Hospital. Of the 195 PUI cases to date,
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