Hunt continues for fugitive prisoner Lee Ka Yieng
SIBU: Police are hunting for a prisoner who broke out from the Sibu Central Prison last Sunday (May 30). Sibu OCPD ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit confirmed the incident after news of the escape went viral on social media. The suspect, identified as Lee Ka Yieng, 49, from Sarikei, had been sentenced to five years in […]
Lucky firefighters, villager escape watery fate
KANOWIT: Three firefighters and a villager, who were heading to Rh Tembaga Maria, Matau, Machan in a longboat, managed to save themselves after the vessel sank on Sunday (Feb 28). Kanowit fire station chief Arrahman Chik said the firefighters were assigned to carry out sanitisation works at Rh Tembaga Maria and were taken to the […]
Elderly escapes house hit by landslide
KUCHING: An elderly woman escaped unharmed after her house was hit by a landslide at Kampung Sungai Apong here last Sunday (Oct 18). According to the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) operations centre, a team of firefighters of Tabuan Jaya Fire and Rescue Station were deployed to the scene after receiving a call on the […]
Sacrificial cow puts up a good fight
KUCHING: A black cow that attempted to escape from being sacrificed for Hari Raya Aidiladha last Friday evening (July 31) has become a favourite topic of conversation for the folk of Kampung Tabuan Haji Drahman here. The cow had no more than two hours of freedom before being caught again by the determined villagers. Village […]
Heroic woman, kids escape burning house
SIBU: A woman managed to save her three children when a fire razed their wooden house at Kampung Bahagia Jaya Teku last Saturday evening (June 27). The 31-year old woman, Caroline Kulan, was with her three children, Ferbian Song Teck Kiong, 8, Vivian Song Ling Mei, 7 and Pilasevai Caroline Kulan, a toddler were at […]
