New rule for travellers with infection history
KUCHING: Travellers with Covid-19 infection history entering direct to Sarawak need to be in quarantine regardless of vaccination status. “Those who are fully vaccinated need to be in quarantine until their RTK-Antigen test result is negative, and those with incomplete vaccination need to be in quarantine according to the time given,” said the Sarawak Disaster […]
SOP needs fine-tuning for easier travel
KUCHING: Certain measures in the standard operating procedure (SOP) needed to be fine-tuned as the whole of Sarawak moves into phase three of the National Recovery Plan (NRP). Tourism, Arts, and Culture Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah anticipates an influx of tourists into the state with the opening of domestic tourism and increasing number […]
Latest SOPs for travellers to Sarawak
KUCHING: Fully vaccinated long distance couples and parents with children below 18 years old are permitted to enter Sarawak if they have negative rT-PCR test results. The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), however, pointed out today that these parents and the long distance spouses also required police approval before travelling to Sarawak. “In addition, upon […]
Group using fake Covid-19 test results to enter Sarawak out on bail
KUCHING: Fourteen men from a tabligh group, who intended to mislead aviation enforcement officers by using fake negative Covid-19 test results to enter Sarawak, were again released on a RM5,000 bail with one surety each, on Thursday (July 1). The Magistrate’s Court ordered the men, aged between 20 and 54, to be released on bail after they […]
Entry into Sarawak reviewed to stop virus variant
KUCHING: In view of the high risk of transmission of a variant of concern (VOC) — the Delta B.1.617.2 variant — into Sarawak, the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) and the State Health Department (JKNS) have reviewed the entry procedures into the state from overseas and other states in the country. SDMC said it agreed […]
Strict border control to block South African Covid-19 variant
KUCHING: Strict border control is still necessary to prevent the South African Covid-19 variant, said to be more contagious, from entering Sarawak as well as to curb imported positive cases. Sarawak Covid-19 Vaccine Advisory Group (Scovag) chairman Prof Datuk Dr Andrew Kiyu Dawie Usop noted that the South African variant was already present in Peninsular […]
Human smuggling attempt thwarted
SERIAN: Police here foiled a human smuggling attempt by a local involving three Indonesians in a mounted roadblock today. District police chief DSP Aswandy Anis disclosed that the arrest happened around 4am at KM90, near Balai Ringin along the Kuching-Sri Aman Road. The team detained a suspicious vehicle for inspection and found a local man […]
No need to screen before entering Sarawak
KUCHING: Effective Monday, all Malaysians and foreigners entering Sarawak from Malaya, Sabah and Labuan do not need to undergo the Covid-19 rT-PCR test three days before travelling to the state. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said that this is the latest decision made by Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) after accessing the […]
Foreigner gets five-month jail, two whippings
KUCHING: A male Indonesian national who entered Sarawak illegally, was sentenced to five months in prison and two lashes of the cane today. Sessions Court judge Steve Ritikos ordered the accused, Syafaruddin, 27, to serve his sentence starting today. The accused from Pontianak, Indonesia pleaded guilty to the offence under Section 6 (1) (c) of […]
GOF foils illegal entry attempt
LUNDU: The General Operations Force (GOF) on Sunday caught two undocumented immigrants for entering Sarawak illegally. A GOF spokesperson said a patrol team from Kampung Raso post caught two Indonesian men and inspected them around 8.30pm. “Inspections found that they failed to produce any valid travel documents to the team. “Their modus operandi is that […]
