MIRI: Seven firemen from Miri Central fire station were deployed to help battle wildfire at Jalan Marina Bay on Sunday afternoon (May 2). Zone six fire chief Supt Law Poh Kiong said the wildfire burned five acres of land near the newly opened Miri Fish Market and Pullman Hotel Miri.
LAWAS: A shirtless dead body of an Indonesian man with multiple slash wounds was found in a drain of an oil palm plantation in Kampung Siang Siang Laut here this morning. According to Acting Lawas police chief ASP Liong Tindan, the discovery was made by a member of the public
MIRI: Work to improve the traffic flows at Jalan Piasau/Jalan Cattleya 5 intersection is expected to be completed within these two weeks. The RM48,000 project implemented by Miri City Council (MCC), which started on Tuesday (April 27), consists of two parts. “The first work scope involves the widening of the
MIRI: Miri City Council (MCC) is urging the food and drink providers to stop using polystyrene (often called styrofoam) food service ware and packaging. They should look for alternative products instead. In a press statement released today, the council disclosed it had confiscated a number of styrofoam products during its last
MIRI: A motorist was killed and another injured when a car they were travelling in crashed into a road divider at Mile 27, Bintulu-Miri road today (April 28). Sarawak Traffic Investigation and Enforcement chief Supt Alexson Naga Chabu said the duo was travelling towards Miri from Bintulu when their car
MIRI: Police detained a man for allegedly assaulting his wife of 30 years in their home at Taman Bumiko here. The incident allegedly occurred on Tuesday evening at around 6.00pm. The suspect, 52, was picked up two hours later. He had accused his wife, also 52, of having an affair.
MIRI: A man has been arrested, less than 24 hours after allegedly stealing RM46,000 worth of jewellery and foreign currencies. The suspect, 48, was picked up by police around 6.10pm on Tuesday from a budget hotel here. He allegedly broke into a house in Jalan Cosmos 3, Pelita Commercial Centre,
MIRI: Police here have arrested a 32-year-old man for hitting his mother hard on the head twice just because she advised him to keep their house in Permyjaya clean and tidy. The alleged incident took place at his mother’s home in Piasau on Tuesday around 4.30pm. Prior to the attack, the man
MIRI: Miri City mayor Adam Yii Siew Sang has praised the city’s police personnel for their prompt and efficient action in detaining a suspect in a house break-in case at Pelita residential area here last Tuesday. The crime reportedly occurred in the evening when the house owner was not at
MIRI: A 60-year-old man, who ran amok and threatenedto kill his stepdaughter, was detained by the police early this morning, five hours after the alleged incident. During the 8pm incident which happened inside a house in Lambir, the suspect suddenly became angry with the woman for refusing to have dinner
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