SIBU: The Sibu Municipal Council (SMC) will implement several measures to put an end to river litter. These include working closely with the Drainage and Irrigation Department (DID) and Sarawak Rivers Board (SRB) to disseminate information on the importance of river cleanliness. The council will also continue to be actively
SIBU: Police will continue to hunt down drug traffickers who use entertainment centres here. Sarawak Narcotic Crime Investigation Department (NCID) chief, ACP Jasmirol Jamaluddin shared that the department managed to bring down a syndicate by seizing a total of 4.8kg of drugs, suspected to be ketamine with an estimated value
SONG: Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP) Datuk Alexander Nanta Linggi said that Kapit division has received a lot of development from the state government via Ulu Rajang Development Agency (Urda). The Kapit MP also said that apart from infrastructure projects, there are also socio-economic programmes to improve
SIBU: A 65-year-old businesswoman lost her gold necklace worth RM1,500 to a snatch thief who committed the crime in broad daylight in front of her own house at Jalan Ek Dee, here on Wednesday (Sept 16). District police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said the incident happened around 12.15pm when
FLOODS IN SIBU SIBU: There is a probability that Malaysia Day do tomorrow (Sept 16) might be slightly disrupted if the flood situation here does not change. In fact the situation here on this morning (Sept 15) was very bad as flood water was still rising. Bomba Zone 4 (Sibu)
SIBU: A 37-year-old man was detained for possessing two homemade shotguns or bekakok with 18 cartridges and body parts of wild animals in a house at Jalan Ding Lik Kong here. Sibu district police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said the suspect, from Belaga, was a fish and wildlife seller.
SIBU: Sixty-four individuals were issued compounds for violating standard operating procedures (SOPs) under the recovery movement control order (RMCO) during an inspection on Saturday (Sept 12). The individuals comprising 44 men and 20 women were arrested in an operation dubbed Ops Bersepadu (in conjunction with Malaysia Day) at 12.35am at
SIBU: A 72-year-old man was robbed by a woman while walking alone at Jalan Bengkel, here about 1.30pm today. Sibu district police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said the incident happened when the victim had just come out of a lottery shop. “While he was flipping through the lottery tickets
BUKIT ASSEK REDEVELOPMENT SIBU: The state government has instructed the Land Custody and Development Authority (LCDA) to conduct a detailed study on redevelopment of Bukit Assek here. Sibu Redevelopment Committee chairman Datuk Chieng Buong Toon told a media conference today that the redevelopment of Bukit Assek was an important and
SIBU: A 13-year-old boy was among five individuals arrested by the police on suspicion of being involved in a fight that happened in Jalan Tong Sang here at 4.55pm on Tuesday (Sept 8). Sibu district police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit confirmed the arrests in a statement today. The boy
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