Amok kills two, injures one
KUCHING: An Indonesian barge worker, who ran amok, slashed to death two of his colleagues and critically injured another at Muara Tabuan here early on Monday (Aug 16) morning. Sarawak deputy police commissioner, DCP Mancha Ata said the incident happened at about 2am at the barge’s captain’s deck where both victims were found lying on […]
Prince Philip dead age 99
LONDON: Britain’s Prince Philip, a constant presence at Queen Elizabeth II’s side for decades, died on Friday at age 99, Buckingham Palace announced. The death of the Duke of Edinburgh is a profound loss for the 94-year-old monarch, who once described him as her “strength and stay all these years”. The outspoken former navy commander […]
VESSEL-PLATFORM COLLISION: One person dead, four missing
MIRI: A maintenance vessel capsized about 7.7 nautical miles off Miri waters at 6.30am on Tuesday (Oct 27). A search and rescue operations (SAR) was immediately activated to locate the victims after a distress call on the incident was made. One hundred and twenty-one crew members were rescued at 8.45am, with one of them was […]
Man electrocuted at shipyard
SIBU: The intention of meeting a friend ended in tragedy for an Indonesian man when he was electrocuted while on a stroll along a shipyard at Sungai Sadit here. Sibu district police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said the police received an emergency call on the incident from members of the public around 9.30am on […]
Foreigner found dead
MIRI: The body of a foreign worker was found hanged with a wire around his neck inside the workers’ quarters of an oil palm plantation in Sungai Uban Bekenu, on Wednesday evening. According to Miri police chief ACP Lim Meng Seah when contacted on Thursday, the body of the Indonesian man from Lombok province was […]
Man found dead in ditch
BETONG: The 59-year-old man whose body was found in a ditch near the Nanga Ban oil palm plantation around 9.30am yesterday. According to the victim’s son-in-law, the man was out of the house on Sunday evening. “It is understood that he went to Rumah Pok for a funeral where he was allegedly intoxicated after taking […]
Man found dead in Chinese temple
BAU: A man was found dead in a Chinese temple at Jalan Buso here last Tuesday afternoon. Bau District Police chief, DSP Poge Nyaon said a male worshipper came across the body on the floor around 1pm. The dead man was later identified as Liaw Poh Yong, 53, from Paku, Bau. “The body was covered […]
Plantation worker found dead
MIRI: A foreigner who worked at an oil palm plantation in Suai, Niah was found dead sandwiched between a multipurpose vehicle that he was driving and an oil palm tree on Wednesday morning. According to Miri police chief ACP Lim Meng Seah, it was believed that the incident occurred at 11.30am that day when the […]
Man found dead in drain
SIBU: The body of a man was found in a drain by members of the public at Jalan Kemuyang Timur 5E1 here yesterday. State Traffic Investigation and Enforcement chief Supt Alexson Naga Chabu said the victim, identified as Ajut Osit, 62, was involved in a motorcycle accident at 9.40am. “The accident occurred when the victim, […]
Police make shock find in house
KUCHING: Police made a gruesome find when they came across the decomposed body of a tenant in a house at Jalan Song here, on Thursday. Kuching district police chief ACP Awang Din Awang Gani said the victim was a 51-year-old vegetable supplier who had been renting the house the last 12 years. The body was […]
