Sibling quarrel leaves jobless man injured
MIRI: A 25-year-old unemployed man was injured during a quarrel with his elder brother in a house at Bandar Baru Permyjaya early this morning. Upon receiving a police report on the incident, police have detained a 28-year-old man for questioning and seized a knife believed to have been used in the attack. Miri police OCPD, […]
Family of four injured in Samarahan robbery
SAMARAHAN: Four members of a family were injured when their house at Kampung Semawang here was robbed. According to Kota Samarahan OCPD DSP Sudirman Kram, the incident took place on May 16 and police had received a report of the robbery. “On Monday at around 2am, the house was robbed while the four occupants were […]
Six persons left homeless in blaze
SIBU: Six persons from two families were left homeless when their houses at Jalan Kampung Nangka here were razed today morning. Fortunately, no one was injured in the incident. The fire victims are members of an extended family who were staying together in one of the houses. The other house affected by the fire was […]
6.7-magnitude quake rattles Taiwan, injures one
TAIPEI, Taiwan: A magnitude 6.7 earthquake that struck off the coast of Taiwan early Wednesday rattled buildings and roused people from their sleep, leaving one injured and causing a half-constructed bridge in the island’s east to collapse. Taiwan is regularly hit by earthquakes as it lies near the junction of two tectonic plates. It does […]
Four injured in car accident
MIRI: Four persons including two children were injured in an accident involving a car and a tanker truck on Sunday (Feb 13) at the Desa Senadin-Kuala Baram traffic light intersection. The State Fire and Rescue Department said 10 firemen from Lopeng station rushed to the scene after receiving an emergency call at 8.47am. The victims, […]
Man killed, another injured in accident
SIMUNJAN: A man was killed while another was injured in a three-vehicle accident at Jalan Serian-Sri Aman last Saturday (Oct 30). The accident near Kampung Sungai Pinang happened at 5.15pm and involved a lorry, travelling from Miri to Kuching, and two vehicles — a Toyota Yaris and a Toyota Hilux, travelling from Serian to Sri […]
Rider injured by soil and broken flower pot
KUCHING: A rider suffered minor injuries after a car from the opposite direction, crashed into a large flower pot along Jalan Tun Jugah last Friday (Aug 20). In 7.15am incident, a sports utility vehicle (SUV) was believed to have gone out of control and crashed into a large flower pot in the middle of the […]
Amok kills two, injures one
KUCHING: An Indonesian barge worker, who ran amok, slashed to death two of his colleagues and critically injured another at Muara Tabuan here early on Monday (Aug 16) morning. Sarawak deputy police commissioner, DCP Mancha Ata said the incident happened at about 2am at the barge’s captain’s deck where both victims were found lying on […]
11 escape fiery death, one injured
SIBU: A total of 11 individuals including four students at Sekolah Tahfiz Darul Uloom Islamiyyah, managed to escape a scorching death after a fire broke out in their double-storey house on Sunday. A spokesman from the State Fire Department operations centre said the flames caused about 20 percent damages to two bedrooms in the premises. […]
Telcos told to improve coverage after student hurt in search for better reception
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has ordered telecommunication companies to optimise nearby transmission towers to ensure better Internet coverage around Kampung Baru Batu Tiga, Perak by next month. The MCMC announced in a statement today that the move was a short-term solution. As for the long-term solution, it has ordered the […]
