Sabah power firm loses RM200 mln a year to electricity thieves
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd (SESB) said today it loses about RM200 million per year as a result of electricity theft. Its chairman Datuk Seri Wilfred Madius Tangau said that SESB lost 17 per cent of its power supply grid, of which 10 per cent was ‘system lost’, while seven per cent was ‘non-system […]
Another case of electricity theft uncovered
KUCHING: Sarawak Energy, through its operation and retail arm Syarikat SESCO Berhad, continues to work closely with local authorities to curb electricity theft which is a dangerous crime. In its statement yesterday, Sarawak Energy said a recent investigation led to the discovery of another case of electricity theft through underground direct tapping, this time at […]
Public tipoffs led to mining centres crippled
KOTA SAMARAHAN: Sarawak Energy Berhad together with the police and help from public information, led to the successful crippling of two cryptocurrency mining centres here at Uni Central for electricity theft. In a statement, the energy development company said they raided the premises and found 147 mining rigs, routers, modems and other electronic equipment for […]
Police find bitcoin mining operations in house
PADAWAN: A house near Moyan Jaya 2, Jalan Matang-Batu here was raided by the police on suspicion of carrying out bitcoin mining operations. Padawan police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan said the raid was carried out by a Criminal Investigation Department (CID) team at about 2.45pm last Tuesday. “During the raid, the premises was found to […]
