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Legalise sales but prioritise safety aspect

KUCHING: Members of the public applauded the decision to legalise the sales of fireworks and firecrackers but the safety aspect should also be prioritised for the sake of the consumer. Recently, the Ministry of Home Affairs was tasked with coming up with regulations to licence the import and sales of firecrackers and fireworks, following the […]

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 […]

Man arrested, police seize illicit fags and fireworks

BAU: The district’s Criminal Investigation Division (CID) arrested a local man and seized various types of contraband along Jalan Bau-Kuching, Industrial Shop yesterday. Bau OCPD DSP Poge Nyaon said the raid codenamed ‘Op Kontraban’ was carried out towards an eatery around 2.15pm. Inspections led to the finding of several boxes of cigarettes and fireworks believed […]

RM4k fine for selling fireworks and firecrackers illegally

KUCHING: A trader was fined RM4,000, in default two months’ imprisonment, by the Magistrates’ Court here on Friday (April 29) for selling fireworks and firecrackers without a permit on April 20.Matjaya Sidi, 49, pleaded guilty to the charge read out by an interpreter before magistrate Zaiton Anuar. He was charged under Section 8 of 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 […]

Fireworks cause of CNY fire in Sibu

SIBU: Fireworks and negligence are to blame for the fire that damaged four houses in Taman Permai on the first day of Chinese New Year. Sarawak Fire Department Zone 4 chief Janggan Muling said the fire broke out in the wee hours at 1am. “The fire started from the car porch of a house which […]

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 […]

Ops Kontraban nets RM1.37 mln worth of uncustomed goods

KUCHING: Marine police seized contraband cigarettes, alcoholic beverages and fireworks worth RM1.37 million in raids at separate locations last Thursday (Aug 5). Sarawak Marine Police Region 5 commander ACP Zulfikar Mohd Ghazali said two men were arrested in the operations codenamed ‘Ops Kontraban’, held in Sri Aman and Limbang. The first operation took place around […]

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 […]

Over seven tonnes of fireworks seized from shipping container

BINTULU: Customs officials seized a shipping container with 7.7 tonnes of firecrackers and fireworks at the Bintulu Enforcement Store last Friday (May 7). At around 11am, a team conducted an inspection on a container from China. Sarawak Customs director Herman Shah Abdullah said the team found 430 cartons of various firecrackers and fireworks with an […]