Author: Gerald Lawson

Caught with pants down

Man bashed up for having affair with married woman SIBU: A 21-year-old shop assistant was assaulted by a group of men for allegedly having an affair with a woman whom he thought was single. The victim and the woman were caught by the woman’s husband at 10.56pm on Thursday in

Sibu High Court orders Council to let hawkers return

SIBU: The Sibu High Court has quashed an April decision by Kanowit District Council to terminate the trading licences of hawkers at the council’s multipurpose market. The court yesterday also made a decision to allow the hawkers to return and continue to trade at the venue. The secretary of the

Woman’s leap of dignity

SIBU: A woman injured her hands and legs when she jumped from the first floor of her rented room in a building at Jalan Tan Sri in an attempt to escape from a man who had raped her. In the 8am incident yesterday, the 25-year-old woman who is a hotel

Watch out for eye problems

SIBU: Members of the public who have eye problems such as cataract are advised to seek help as soon as possible from Sarawak Society for the Blind (SSB). SSB Sibu Division branch chairman councillor Clarence Ting, in a speech at the society’s ‘Thank You’ dinner on Sunday in conjunction with

Build more OKU-friendly facilities

SIBU: Sibu Municipal Council (SMC) has been urged to build more facilities for people with disabilities (OKU). This was said by Sibu Chinese community leader Temenggong Datuk Vincent Lau Lee Ming at the Sarawak Society for the Blind Sibu Chapter’s appreciation dinner on Sunday. Also present at the dinner, which

Budget no help to state’s schools

SIBU: Sibu Municipal Council (SMC) chairman, Clarence Ting, is disappointed that the national does not address the upgrading of secondary schools and hospitals in the state. He expressed his thoughts to reporters after yesterday’s official opening of an annual open house of Sarawak Society for the Blind, Sibu Chapter by

Mechanic killed in car crash

SIBU: A mechanic was killed when a vehicle he was driving crashed into a ditch at Retus Farm, Jalan Rantau Panjang near here on Saturday afternoon. The victim, identified as Chew Chee Hong, 23, was driving a Toyota Hilux from the direction of Retus Farm police post to the Retus

Man nabbed for illegal diesel possession

SIBU: A man has been arrested for possessing 400 litres of diesel worth RM70,872 without a valid reason. State Marine police chief ACP Shamsol Kassim said the suspect had contravened the Control of Supplies Act 1961 for the alleged offense. He said at 8.45am on Friday, seven officers from the

Education system too exam-oriented

SIBU: “If you were the education minister or perhaps the prime minister, what would you want to change in the current education system?” That was the question posed to executive chairman of HCK Group, Tan Sri Clement Hii at a forum and dialogue session at SMK Sacred Heart’s 16th annual

Over 1,000 pledge to donate organs

SIBU:  More than 1,000 people in the Sibu region have pledged to donate their organs in campaigns organised by the Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care of Sibu Hospital. The department’s director Dr Betty Lee Leh Sieng said they have been actively promoting organ donation in the community in an