Six-month peace bond for wielding machete at SGH
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here placed a local man on a six-month peace bond for wielding a machete at a security guard at Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) on Mar 14. Chai Fah Kiong, 58, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan to the charge framed under Section 67 of the Criminal Procedure Code. According […]
Man carrying machete, knife arrested at US’ Capitol building
WASHINGTON: Capitol Police arrested a man Tuesday afternoon who was carrying a machete and a knife on the East Front of the US Capitol building but have no evidence he was targeting a member of Congress, the agency said, reported German news agency (dpa). An officer noticed Jose Leonardo Marquez, 23, who has no fixed […]
Man held for causing grievous hurt
MARUDI: Police here arrested a man for allegedly causing injuries to his nephew with a machete last Wednesday. It was reported that the incident happened when the suspect went to the victim’s house at Long Teru, Tinjar Baram to take the victim’s phone. However, the suspect’s action was reprimanded by the victim’s mother who was […]
Arrested after threatening lives with machetes
MIRI: Two men were arrested by police after threatening lives with machetes in separate cases. In the first case, a 35-year-old man was caught after a police report was lodged. He had threatened a security guard at a guard post in a plantation in Suai. According to the security guard (complainant), on May 14 at […]
Man in custody for assaulting wife and son
SIBU: Police have arrested a man, who yesterday allegedly hit his wife with a table fan and strangled his son, in Sibu Jaya. In the 7pm incident, the suspect, who is a labourer, came home and accused his wife of having an affair. The suspect allegedly threw a table fan at his wife and then […]
Death threat lands man behind bars
SIBU: A 30-year-old who put the fear of death into another man was jailed 12 months today for criminal intimidation. Magistrate Mohd Syukri Mokhtar handed the sentence after Wong Chin Soon of Bintangor pleaded guilty to committing the offence on Dec 2 last year. The court was told that Wong had threatened to kill the 59-year-old […]
Eight men held over assault
MIRI: Eight local men, including a teenager, were detained by the police last Sunday night (Nov 21) for allegedly assaulting and threatening a man and his family during a quarrel that occurred at a unit of Qudruplex Permyjaya here. All of them were detained at Lorong 8, Taman Qudruplex Permyjaya around 10.45pm. Also seized were […]
Police nab man who ran amok
MIRI: Police have arrested a man who reportedly ran amok at the wrong place on Wednesday. The suspect, aged 45, who was armed with a 70cm machete and 66cm axe was detained by a CID team on Friday (Sept 10). Miri police chief ACP Hakemal Hawari said the incident took place at Kampung Luak Bay […]
Machete-wielding man held for threatening neighbour
MIRI: A man was detained after he threatened his neighbour with a machete on Sunday (Aug 22) in Lutong. The suspect, 44, was arrested at 1.35pm following a report lodged by the victim. The suspect is said to have approached the front gate of his neighbour’s house at 12.45am and started shouting and screaming. Feared […]
Amok man in viral videos arrested
KUCHING: A man has been arrested in connection with two viral videos showing him running amok at a mosque, and performing silat while wielding a machete at a Buddhist temple, here. In the first video posted by the suspect, he took issue with the fact that the mosque in Jalan Pinang was in compliance with […]
