Missing senior citizen found alive but weak

SIMUNJAN: A senior citizen reported missing while looking for clams at Kampung Tambai Sebuyau here, was found by firefighters on Wednesday (Feb 3). The Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) operations centre said the 73-year-old man was found by the search and rescue (SAR) team at 10.30am in weak condition. Bomba said the victim’s nephew […]

Man arrested for harassing neighbour

MIRI: A man from Tudan Desaras Phase 6 here was detained for throwing coconut shells at his next door neighbour. The 31-year-old was arrested by a team of police personnel from the Miri Criminal Investigation Department (CID) around 6pm on Tuesday after a report was lodged on the 3pm incident. The complainant, a female, aged […]

Man reports break-in at his farm store

SIBU: A farmer has lost RM600 worth of farming materials at Jalan Sungai Lan. Sibu police chief, ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit, said the 50-year-old victim lodged a police report last Wednesday upon seeing around 3am that his store had been broken into. Among the items stolen were four kilogrammes of sweet potatoes, 10 litres of […]

Not missing but back in Kalimantan

BETONG: An Indonesian man, reported to have gone missing in a forest at Salcra Batang Ai, Lubok Antu on Tuesday, had returned to Kalimantan, Indonesia. The State Fire Department’s operations centre stated around 10.05am this morning, a representative of the Salcra farm employee lodged a police report on the incident at the Lubok Antu police […]

Gun in bag found to be a fake

MIRI: A black bag containing a gun was found near the main entrance of an orchard in Tudan Phase 3, last Tuesday. The discovery was made around 12pm by the orchard owner, a 58-year-old man, who later alerted the police. The gun was later determined by the police to be a fake. Miri police chief […]

Argument over TV lands man in hot soup

MIRI: A 43 year-old man was detained on Tuesday morning for allegedly pushing his sister during a commotion over a television inside their rented house at Jalan Malva, Sungai Baong Krokop here. The victim, aged 38, was injured on her forehead in the incident. Prior to the commotion, the suspect had gone into the house […]

Elderly man arrested for alleged sexual assault

PADAWAN: An elderly man was arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a four-year-old girl in a village in Siburan, on Monday (Aug 17). District police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan said the 62-year-old suspect was arrested at his home following a police report lodged against him around 11.15am on the same day. On Aug 15, the […]

Baseball bat-wielding mirror smasher arrested

ROAD BULLYING CASE KUCHING: A 37-year-old man was arrested in front of a house in Everbright Estate at Jalan Batu Kawa here on suspicion of being involved in a road bullying case last Monday morning. Padawan district police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan said the road bullying happened at 11.42am when the 33-year-old victim was driving […]

Report non-compliance with SOPs: Wee

KUCHING: Kuching South City Council (MBKS) encourages the public to lodge reports with local enforcement team if eatery operators and businesses do not comply with the standard operating procedures (SOPs) at their premises. Its mayor Datuk Wee Hong Seng said the local council would be monitoring the SOP compliance among the eatery operators in areas […]