Second brawl incident in less than 48 hours, 8 detained
MIRI: Two days after a scuffle happened inside a bistro in Vista Perdana Permyjaya, another similar incident occurred, also in a bistro. According to Miri district police chief ACP Alexson Naga Chabu, eight local men aged between 18 and 45 were detained after their alleged involvement in the incident on early Sunday morning.“All suspects are […]
Cops on the hunt for road bully
KUCHING: Police are looking for a road bully who rode his motorcycle recklessly and provoked road users on Saturday (Feb 25). The incident, believed to have taken place along Jalan Tabuan Tranquility, went viral after a 2.59-minute video clip was uploaded to Facebook. The clip shows a man riding his motorcycle with a registration plate […]
Search for missing man as boat sinks in Nanga Sungai Song
SONG: A search and rescue (SAR) operation has been launched this morning to look for a man who went missing after the longboat he was travelling in with six others capsized in Nanga Sungai Song last night (Feb 12). The others swam to safety. Sibu Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) Zone 4 chief Janggan Muling […]
Police hunting for suspects in viral fight
PADAWAN: Police here are on the hunt for a group of men believed to be involved in a fight that went viral on social media recently. A viral 1-minute, 24-second video on Facebook, which showed a group of individuals fighting, was detected by the police yesterday (Jan 22). In the video, the group was fighting in […]
Driver unhurt after car crashes into fallen tree in Miri
MIRI: A car had reportedly hit a fallen tree early this morning while navigating along Jalan Tanjong. According to Miri Fire and Rescue Department acting chief Ahmad Nizam Sapaiee, they received an emergency alert around 4.55am to help remove an uprooted tree. A team of firemen from Miri Central station was dispatched to the scene […]
Hit-and-run incident at Jalan Tun Salahuddin being investigated, says police
KUCHING: A video of a hit-and-run incident was detected by the police on December 1, involving a motorcycle and a sedan vehicle. Kuching district police chief ACP Ahsmon Bajah said the video is related to an incident happened on November 30. In a statement today, he said an investigation paper has opened on the same […]
Miri police say no report yet on alleged unsavoury incident
MIRI: An unsavoury incident allegedly occurred at the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) election operations room in Kampung Haji Wahed here. According to sources, the incident happened around 12pm, Wednesday (Nov 16), where a group of supporters, believed to be from the opposition, came to the operations room. Meanwhile, Miri OCPD ACP Alexson Naga Chabu said […]
Blaze leaves workers’ lodging in ruins
SIBU: A two-storey workers quarters was razed to the ground. However, its occupants are safe from harm. The State Fire and Rescue Operations Centre (Bomba) received an emergency call about a workers’ lodging was on fire at 1.53pm today. It deployed firefighters from Sungai Merah Bomba station to the incident location at a timber factory […]
Blaze leaves terraced house slightly destroyed
SIBU: A two-storey terraced house living room at Lorong Salim 21B/2 here was 30 per cent destroyed by a fire on yesterday (Oct 24). Sibu Fire and Rescue chief Suna Kaha, in a statement yesterday said that firemen from Sibu Central Fire Station were deployed to the scene after receiving a call at 6.30 pm. […]
SUV driver killed in collision
SERIAN: A man was killed after the Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) he was driving fell into a ditch following a collision with a lorry near SK Telagus at Serian-Sri Aman Road here on Thursday (8 September). According to the information given by the Fire and Rescue Department (BOMBA), the Chinese man who died at the […]
