Elderly among seven rounded up in Pakan cockfighting sting
PAKAN: Seven local men were arrested for their alleged involvement in a cockfighting session held within an oil palm plantation area here last Sunday (Oct 1). Acting on a public tip-off, a team from the Julau Criminal Investigation Division (CID) carried out an operation codenamed ‘Ops Dadu Khas’ at the location around 3 pm. Julau […]
Four involved in cockfight held
SIMUNJAN: Four local men were nabbed by the police in a raid on an ad hoc cockfighting ring at Kampung Jeragam, near here on June 2. District police chief DSP Nixon Joshua Ali said acting on public tipoff their team raided an open space located in the village around 4.30pm. He said the four suspects […]
Eight arrested for cockfighting, slapped with RM10k fine
KAPIT: Eight men were arrested and slapped with a RM10,000 fine each for engaging in an illegal cockfighting activity as well as violating the conditional movement control order (CMCO) standard operating procedures (SOPs) last Sunday (Mar 21). Kapit district police chief DSP Freddy Bian said a team from the Sarawak Criminal Investigation Department, acting on information, […]
New cluster might be declared soon
KUCHING: A new Covid-19 cluster has emerged in the state as a result of social gathering involving illegal cockfighting activities. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the cluster involves some 50 Covid-19 cases at a longhouse in his Bukit Saban constituency, adding that the cluster has yet to be declared […]