Man held after assault video goes viral
KUCHING: A man has been arrested following a video of him assaulting his girlfriend at a restaurant in Jalan Pending here went viral on social media. Kuching OCPD ACP Ahsmon Bajah said the suspect was taken into custody when he surrendered at the Kuching District Police Headquarters at about 6pm on Wednesday (Oct 6). “Preliminary […]
CCTV footage leads to arrest of handbag thief
SIBU: Police successfully tracked down a thief who ran away with a handbag belonging to a woman on Wednesday (Aug 18). Sibu OCPD ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit on Friday (Aug 20) said the incident happened in Jalan Salim around 10.15am. The 66-year-old victim parked her vehicle to have breakfast at a nearby coffee shop. “The […]
Intoxicated man caught streaking in motel
MIRI A naked man wandering in the lobby of a motel with a pillow covering his genitals, was detained by the police and the Residents’ Committee (JKP) patrol unit last Wednesday. JKP chief Malateh Mahmud said the incident took place at Jalan Wireless and was around 3am. The 34-year-old man’s suspicious act that shocked the motel’s […]
Brothers arrested for theft of supermarket beer
MIRI: Two brothers were arrested by the police on suspicion of involvement in stealing beer from a supermarket last Monday (Aug 2). The men aged 34 and 44 were arrested in a house at Jalan Airport around 12.30pm today (Aug 6). Background checks revealed that the suspects are wanted individuals as one of them had […]
Tighter security to prevent jailbreaks
PADAWAN: The Puncak Borneo Prison will be enhancing its security measures to prevent future jailbreaks like the recent one involving four inmates. Puncak Borneo Prison Director Assistant Commissioner Hamdan Salleh Majin said, “This reception transit centre has been upgraded and gazetted as a prison and it is equipped with grilles, gates, chain link fences, barbed […]
Police ask Miri food outlet owner to submit CCTV footage
KUCHING: The owner of a food outlet in Luak, Miri where a trader was slapped with a compound for flouting the Covid-19 standard operating procedure (SOP) on Friday, was asked to submit the CCTV footage at the premises to the police. Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Aidi Ismail said the full recording was needed to facilitate […]
Cops hunting for would-be burglars
KUCHING: Police are looking for two men caught on CCTV trying to break into a double-storey house in the Moyanezee housing area, Jalan Batu Kawa here last Sunday (May 2). “The owner, 40, immediately rushed home but the suspects had fled. “He then made a sweep of the house and found that the locks on […]
Man held for smacking lady’s backside
MIRI: A local man who smacked the backside of a female medical assistant (MA) on Friday morning has been arrested. The incident reportedly occurred around 10.30am. It was said that the suspect, 41, approached and suddenly smacked the backside medical worker when she was standing in front of an admission counter of an emergency unit […]
Review lock-up SOPs, cops told
BY CRYSTAL WONG MIRI: The Sarawak Women for Women Society (SWWS) has called for a serious review of the standard operating procedures (SOPs) in police stations and lock-ups. The society also appealed to the higher authorities to ensure that personnel manning police lock-ups should be well-versed with the laws provided for, especially when it involves […]
Thumbs-up to CCTVs
KUCHING: The Ministry Local Government and Housing will collaborate with Sarawak Multimedia Authority (SMA) to install 800 CCTVs at 200 locations in Kuching. The installations are expected to be completed by the end of this year. Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian said this is part of an initiative under […]
