Probe on man’s claims of sexual harassment by police
MELAKA: Police have opened an investigation paper into allegations against a police personnel who allegedly had an affair and harassed another’s man wife after a video went viral on social media yesterday. Melaka Tengah district police chief ACP Christopher Patit said police also received a report from the woman’s husband on the misconduct of the […]
Police seek two locals to help in gang robbery probe
KUCHING: Police are looking for two local men to facilitate investigations into a recent gang robbery in the district. Kuching police chief ACP Ahsmon Bajah said both men were needed to assist in investigations under Section 395/397 of the Penal Code. The section provides for a jail term of up to 20 years and whipping, […]
Blaze consumes 15-door longhouse
BELAGA: An afternoon inferno has fully devoured a 15-door longhouse block named Block F at Uma Bakah, Sungai Asap yesterday. Aside from that, one door from Block E was slightly damaged in the fire. Fortunately, no injuries or casualties were reported in the 2.20 pm incident as a total of 68 residents managed to get […]
Dept seeks parents of baby who dies
KUCHING: The Sarawak Health Department (JKNS) is trying to reach out to the parents of a baby who died at Jelukong bus stop on Dec 4 to facilitate investigations into the case. Its director Dr Ooi Choo Huck in a statement yetserday, said the department is trying to reach out to the baby’s parents to […]
Man nabbed for possessing drugs
SIBU: Police have arrested a 26-year-old man here on suspicion of drug possession. Sibu police chief ACP Zulkipli Suhaili said the local man was picked up around 1 pm on Thursday (Nov 10) in a house at Jalan Serai. “An inspection conducted found him in possession of several plastic packets containing crystalline substance believed to […]
Woman arrested for criminal breach of trust
MIRI: A 40-year-old former female staff of a household appliances company, who allegedly siphoned RM112,741.13 from her employer, was detained on Monday (November 15). A police source said the woman was a sales representative for the company in Niah and that she was responsible for collecting payments from clients for 62 units of household products […]
Quick action saves house from fire
BINTULU: Swift action taken by a family managed to save their house at Jalan Sultan Iskandar Taman Bukit Orang here from being destroyed by a fire on Tuesday (Aug 3). It was understood that a television in the living room caught fire and the occupants of the house managed to put out the flames by […]
Man collared for molesting daughter
MIRI: Police have arrested a 53-year-old man for allegedly molesting his own daughter multiple times. The 14-year-old teenage girl lodged a police report against her father after the suspect entered her room last Thursday (May 6) to molest her. The latest incident happened in their family home at Tudan Phase 1 around 1am, where the […]
Detailed investigations on into diver’s death
KUCHING: The authorities have started detailed investigations into the death of Chong Su Sian who drowned while diving near Pulau Satang on April 17. The body of the 31-year-old diver was found last Thursday, some 52 kilometres from the dive site, about 16.4 nautical miles north of Tanjung Po. Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Sarawak […]
Four charred in dawn fire
BETONG: Four people including two young girls perished in an early morning inferno, when their house in Kampung Melayu Dit, Debak, was razed to the ground on Sunday. The victims were identified as Sirin Yusuf, 60 and Rosni Sari, 23, while the two girls were identified as Dayang Ina Eset, 10 and Dayang Ina Arrohan, […]
