Man gets jail for trying to steal cables
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here yesterday sentenced a local man to five months in jail for attempting to steal cables that caused electricity supply to be cut off in a government office building. Iskandar, 31, from Kampung Sri Arjuna pleaded guilty to a charge which was read before Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan. According to […]
Cops nab four locals for cable theft
KUCHING: Police have arrested four men for allegedly stealing telecommunication cables around the city. In a statement acting Kuching police chief Supt Merbin Lisa said the local suspects were picked up at two separate locations last Friday (July 28). “The first arrest happened around 6am and it involved three suspects near the entry route to […]
Two cable theft suspects arrested
KUCHING: Two men believed to be involved in a cable theft at a residential area in Santubong were arrested at 3.55pm last Wednesday (July 5). Kuching district police chief ACP Ahsmon Bajah said in a statement yesterday (July 7) that the suspects were found to be in possession of various electric cables inside a gunny sack. “There […]
Vandals cause outage; SEB ups security patrols
KUCHING: Several areas in Bintulu experienced electricity disruption for nearly two hours on Friday due to vandals damaging and stealing its electrical cables. Sarawak Energy in a statement on Saturday (June 24) said the outage which occurred at 2am, affected residents in Bintulu Depot, Bintulu Waterboard, Simpang Sebauh and surrounding areas after more than six […]
Duo fined RM6,000 for stealing cables
KUCHING: Two men were each fined RM3,000, in default seven months’ jail by the Magistrate’s Court today for stealing cables belonging to a telecommunications company on May 22. Nasri Mohammad, 45, and Awang Shahrizal, 37, both from Kampung Semariang Batu, pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 379 of the Penal Code which was read […]
Lorry’s loading bucket rips off electrical cables
MUKAH: A few electrical and telecommunication cables as well as light poles fell on the ground at KM4, Jalan Mukah-Balingian near a petrol station here after they were accidentally ripped off by a lorry’s loading bucket today (July 27). Mukah police chief DSP Muhamad Rizal Alias said the lorry driver, 22, did not realise that […]
Landslide causes power outage
KUCHING: A landslide near Kampung Haji Baki along Jalan Batu Kitang damaged electrical cables around midnight on Friday. The said incident caused power interruptions to consumers in Batu Kitang, Bau, Lundu, and Sematan. Hence, Sarawak Energy immediately deployed its operations team to assess the impact of the landslide and successfully restored the power supply around […]
