Manhunt ongoing for prison escapees
PADAWAN: The manhunt is ongoing for two jailbirds who are still at large after escaping from Puncak Borneo Prison last Thursday (July 1). District deputy police chief DSP Lim Jaw Shyong said on Saturday that the escapees have yet to be captured. “The search operation to locate Mohamad Fikrry Azzarudin Abdullah, 26, and Rahmat Simbolan, […]
Massive manhunt for escaped prisoners
PADAWAN: The district police here are utilising all available manpower to hunt down two inmates who are still at large after escaping from Puncak Borneo Prison on Thursday (July 1). District deputy police chief DSP Lim Jaw Shyong said the manhunt is being carried out through ‘Ops Tutup’ by focusing on several locations within a […]
Prison escape — two captured, manhunt for other two
PADAWAN: Two of the four transit inmates who escaped from Puncak Borneo Prison, have been captured in an operation codenamed ‘Ops Tutup’. Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Aidi Ismail said a manhunt for the other two inmates who are still at large, is ongoing through ‘Ops Tutup’ which was launched as soon as they received news […]
Manhunt for swiftlet farm robbers
SIBU: Three members of Geng Joseph, a group active in robbing swiftlet farms here, are being hunted. The district’s police have established a special team to track down the gang, which has committed at least six robberies so far, causing losses to the tune of RM53,400. Sibu OCPD ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit revealed that the […]
Hunt continues for fugitive prisoner Lee Ka Yieng
SIBU: Police are hunting for a prisoner who broke out from the Sibu Central Prison last Sunday (May 30). Sibu OCPD ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit confirmed the incident after news of the escape went viral on social media. The suspect, identified as Lee Ka Yieng, 49, from Sarikei, had been sentenced to five years in […]
Manhunt for burglar who stole RM6,000 bird nests
SIBU: Police are on the hunt for a burglar who broke into a bird’s nest house at Mile 13, Jalan Oya and escaped with RM6,000 worth of bird nests. District police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said the incident was first noticed by the 57-year-old owner around 8.30am last Friday (May 21). “While the owner […]
Cops on lookout for man in viral video
KUCHING: Police are on the hunt for a man who allegedly beat up another man with a rubber pipe and a wooden plank last Sunday. The alleged incident that happened in front of a supermarket in Bintawa around 4.30pm was caught on camera and went viral on social media. In the video, the 29-year-old victim […]
Cops hunting for would-be burglars
KUCHING: Police are looking for two men caught on CCTV trying to break into a double-storey house in the Moyanezee housing area, Jalan Batu Kawa here last Sunday (May 2). “The owner, 40, immediately rushed home but the suspects had fled. “He then made a sweep of the house and found that the locks on […]
Police launch manhunt for drug peddler
KUCHING: Police are on the hunt for a man whose attempt to deliver drugs concealed inside a can of chips was foiled by authorities last Saturday (May 1). It was understood that the incident happened around 12.30pm in the lobby of a designated quarantine centre at Jalan Padungan here. Kuching police chief ACP Awang Din […]
Police hunt for two robbers
KOTA SAMARAHAN: Police are on the hunt for two men who robbed a grocery store at Kampung Empila here last Saturday (Apr 24). The incident happened around 3pm when the 55-year-old owner was taking care of her store alone. According to the complainant (owner), a car with an unidentified registration number pulled up in front […]
