New guidelines for sale of fireworks, firecrackers
PUTRAJAYA: Fireworks and firecrackers will be allowed to be sold in the country subject to new guidelines that will be issued soon. Local Government Development Minister Nga Kor Ming said the matter was decided during yesterday’s Cabinet meeting as one of the measures to raise the country’s revenue, adding that the government would control the […]
Illegal firecrackers seized, man held
KUCHING: Firecrackers worth RM42,030 were seized from a premises during an anti-smuggling operation carried out by the General Operation Force (GOF) on May 17 in Sibu. The team confiscated 934 boxes of assorted celebration cake repeater firecrackers at the premises. A local man who said he owned the premises was unloading boxes of firecrackers at […]
Firecracker-wielding bully swiftly arrested
KUCHING: Police have arrested a man who assaulted a disabled person in Samariang here. Following a viral video that showed the suspect — a delivery staff — using a firecracker on the victim, police received a report on May 10. Kuching OCPD ACP Ahsmon Bajah, in a press conference today, stated that the 24-year-old suspect […]
Mukah cops arrest woman over illegal fireworks sale
MUKAH: Police arrested a woman for selling various types of firecrackers and fireworks at her shop in Pasar Lama here. Acting on public information, a police team raided the premises around 12.40pm on Saturday (April 23) and detained the 50-year-old woman for questioning. In a statement, Mukah OCPD DSP Muhamad Rizal Alias said officers discovered […]
Fireworks and firecrackers worth RM150k seized in Sibu
SIBU: Three hundred and fifty seven boxes of firecrackers and fireworks worth RM150,500 were seized by the General Operations Force (GOF) 10th Battalion under Ops Kontraban on Wednesday (Apr 6). GOF 10th Battalion commanding officer Supt Mohammad Hafiz Kadir told a press conference today that a premises at Lorong Ding Lik Kong was raided on […]
House gets thrown firecrackers at midnight; windows, ceilings damaged
SIBU: A house in Lorong 12B, Jalan Bukit Penyau was damaged due to firecrackers suspected to be thrown purposely early this morning. Some parts of the front windows, its frame and ceiling were damaged around 12.40am. Sarawak Fire Department assistant director of operations Henderi Ardimanshah when contacted today, said no injuries were reported in the […]
Don’t play with FIRE-crackers
SIBU: The police have issued a pre-Chap Goh Mei warning: Do not let off firecrackers or fireworks on Feb 15. The warning came from Sibu Crime Prevention and Community Safety Division chief DSP Ariffin Bahar after he led an SOP compliance inspection on Pasar Sentral Sibu, on Thursday (Feb 10). He said police would conduct […]
Police seize firecrackers, fireworks worth RM1,100 in Selangau
MUKAH: A total of 239 boxes of firecrackers and 29 boxes of fireworks of various types worth RM1,100 were seized by police in Selangau on Friday afternoon. Mukah district police chief DSP Muhamad Rizal Alias said a team from the Crime Prevention and Community Safety Division raided a shop at Selangau new township. The raid […]
Largest firecrackers, fireworks haul
KUCHING: Sarawak Customs seized two shipping containers with 46.7 tonnes of firecrackers and fireworks, the biggest haul in Sarawak this year, with the arrest of three locals on May 1. Its director Herman Shah Abdullah said that the suspects aged between 44 and 60, were apprehended at Jalan Batu 7 by a Kuching Customs enforcement […]
Molotov cocktail damages home
KUCHING: A molotov cocktail was tossed into the compound of a house in Kampung Beratok, Jalan Kuching-Serian here today. Padawan deputy police chief DSP Lim Jaw Shyong said in the incident which occurred around 1.10am, the owner of house was getting ready for bed when he heard what sounded like firecrackers exploding from outside the […]
