Assault threat leads to arrest
MIRI: A 39-year-old man turned to police for help after an acquaintance threatened to punch the lights out of him if he failed to repay his debt. He told police the trouble was he did not owe anything to the 52-year-old suspect whom he had got to know in 2014 through their involvement in paintball. […]
Police looking for man in connection with incest case
BAU: Police here are looking for a man in connection with an incest case. Bau district police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said the man, identified as Sauful Saini, is wanted to assist in investigation into a case under 376B of the Penal Code. “Sauful’s last known address is Kampung Lidah Tanah, 94000, Bau. “The man […]
Cops remanded to help probe into death of colleague
SIBU: The Magistrates’ Court today ordered three policemen to be remanded for seven days to facilitate investigations into the death of their colleague last Thursday (May 6). Magistrate Mohd Syukri Mokhtar ordered the male suspects, aged 21, 23 and 27, all from Peninsular Malaysia to be remanded until May 14. The deceased identified as Norhalim […]
Detailed case investigations completed
MIRI: Following an inaccurate statement issued recently in the newspapers regarding 99 confirmed Covid-19 cases of unknown origin in Miri, the Miri Division Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) revealed that the Miri Division Health Office (DHO) had completed a detailed case investigation of all reported cases and their movements. This was to identify their close contacts […]
Case probe, tracing to be done immediately
MIRI: Case investigation and contact tracing will immediately be done by the Health Department whenever a positive Covid-19 case is detected. Minister of Transport Datuk Lee Kim Shin cum minister in-charge of Miri Division Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) stated that case investigation and contact tracing was a specialised skill performed by trained public health inspectors […]
