Alleged drug mule charged with distributing 18.264kg cannabis

KUCHING: A part-time insurance agent who was detained at Kuching International Airport after authorities found drugs in her baggage was charged with distributing 18.264kg of cannabis in the magistrate’s court here today (May 6). Magistrate Zaiton Anuar ordered Maxine Rose Frederick, 26, from Kampung Cemerlang to be further detained at Puncak Borneo prison without recording […]

106 stranded in PNG rescued

KUCHING: The Sarawak government has assisted 106 Malaysians stranded in Papua New Guinea (PNG) to fly back to Kuching International Airport (KIA). This was made possible through the efforts of Transport Minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin. These Malaysians, comprising 91 Sarawakians, five Sabahans and 10 West Malaysians, were stranded in the foreign land beginning from […]

Kuching airport undergoes disinfection work

KUCHING: Disinfection works are becoming a sight as health authorities attempt to halt the spread of the Covid-19 virus. State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) conducted such an operation at Kuching International Airport (KIA) yesterday. Its assistant operations director Tiong Ling Hii said the operation, which started at 10am,   involved firefighters, Kuching Airport Fire and […]