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Two armed robbery cases believed solved

MIRI: Police believed they have solved two armed robbery cases involving valuables more than RM100,000 in Bekenu and Miri with the arrest of 10 suspects including a foreign national, on November 16. According to Sarawak Police Commissioner Dato’Mohd Azman Sapri all suspects aged between 40 and 50 years-old were apprehended during an operation dubbed Ops […]

No entry for these foreign travellers

KUCHING: The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) will not allow entries of all foreign nationals who travelled to Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe in the last 14 days to the state. According to its statement on Sunday (Nov 28), this change in the admission procedure  is made after reviewing news reports […]

Processing of MyTravelPass application now takes 14 days

PUTRAJAYA: The time taken to process a MyTravelPass (MTP) application has to be increased to 14 days from seven due to the high number of applications received. Immigration director-general Datuk Khairul Dzaimee Daud said the increasing number of business travellers followed the reopening of many more economic sectors. The MTP was introduced by the Immigration […]

Free vaccination extended to foreign nationals residing in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR: The government has agreed to extend the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme, which will start by the end of this month, to foreign nationals residing in Malaysia. Under the programme, vaccination is provided at no charge. In a statement here today, Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba and Science, Technology and Innovation Minister […]

Foreign nationals still cannot enter Malaysia

PUTRAJAYA: The government is still maintaining its policy of not allowing foreigners to enter the country at this time, said Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. He said at this time the permission to enter the country through the country’s entry gates was open only to Malaysians. “The citizens of Malaysia can be […]