Man admits insulting police on Facebook
KUALA LUMPUR: An unemployed man pleaded guilty in the Sessions Court here yesterday to improper use of network facilities by making and initiating the transmission of offensive communication that insulted the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM). Mohammad Shahrizal Md Shah Rudin, 30, made the plea after the charge was read out to him before Judge M. […]
DJ Patrick Teoh charged with insulting crown prince
JOHOR BAHRU: Popular deejay Patrick Teoh pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here today to a charge of making an offensive statement against the Tunku Mahkota of Johor, Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim, last month. Teoh, whose actual name is Teoh Kang Yong, 73, claimed trial after the charge was read out to him before […]
SFC probing illegal hunting of wildlife
KUCHING: Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) is currently investigating the illegal hunting of wildlife reported to have taken place in Sarawak. According to The Star on May 15, Borneo Sun Bear Conservation Centre, an animal conservation activist group, alleged that the killings of wild animals occurred in the state and were carried out by a Sarawak […]
Bus passengers urged to go for screening
KUCHING: All passengers who took the Bintang Jaya Express Bus (SAB6829B) from Kuching to Bintulu on March 14 at 8.30am have been urged to come forward for Covid-19 screening. The Bintulu Divisional Health Office, in a notice posted on its Facebook page, urged the passengers to immediately call the Bintulu Covid-19 operations room at 086-315235 […]
Many want Kuching Fest put on hold first
KUCHING: Majority of Kuchingites viewed that the annual Kuching Festival organised by Kuching South City Council (MBKS) should be put on hold this year in view of the Covid-19 pandemic. MBKS mayor Datuk Wee Hong Seng created an online poll on his Facebook page yesterday, asking people whether it should be organised this year. As […]
Facebook postings of failed culinary attempts gets 1.5 million followers
NILAI: Almost immediately after it was started, the Facebook account ‘Masak Apa Tak Jadi Hari Ni Official’ became the talk of the netizen world as people posted their failed culinary attempts during the movement control order (MCO) period. Within 10 days after it started on April 14, the page had 1.5 million followers, and was so […]
Report on fake news filed with police
KUCHING: Constant fake news on social media are inciting hatred for and misunderstanding of Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) and state government leaders. A political secretary to the chief minister, Michael Tiang, who made this observation, called for the immediate elimination of such fake news as they hampered the fight against Covid-19. Fake and malicious posts […]
Don’t cause racial, religious conflict: Uggah
KUCHING: Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah has warned individuals – politicians in particular – against any attempt to fan racial and/or religious strife in the state. He cautioned them that should the ‘fire’ breaks out, it would be the people who would get burnt, and so he advised the persons concerned to stop […]
Police report lodged against FB post
SIBU: Semop assemblyman Abdullah Saidol has lodged a police report over a posting in a Facebook page which he claimed had defamed him. Sibu district police chief, ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said Saidol, who is also Assistant Minister in Chief Minister’s Department (Corporate Affairs and Sarawak Public Communications Unit) lodged the report at 5.27pm on […]
