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Tomb raider detained

MIRI: A suspected tomb raider has been detained by the police on Tuesday night for his alleged involvement in grave-robbing activity at Riam cemetery. Miri police chief ACP Lim Meng Seah said that the suspect aged 28, a local, was picked up by a team of Miri Criminal Investigation Department (CID) around 10.45pm near a […]

A huge recognition

WHO would have thought that Miri, a little fishing village with a population of around 500 then, would later grow into the country’s major oil producer. The first oil well was dug in 1910, and the rest, as they say, is history. Miri will play host to Sarawak Day celebrations this year, which is a […]

All set for the big day

MIRI: All preparations for celebrating 57th Sarawak Independence Day have been completed. A ground checked carried out by the New Sarawak Tribune on Tuesday, showed buntings, Sarawak flags and banners had been put up along the Marina Bay area nearby Miri Waterfront here adjacent to Pullman Hotel Miri where the event is to be held […]

Public arrest grocery store robber

MIRI: A 49-year-old man was apprehended by the general public for robbing a grocery store at Jalan Piasau Utara 3G here on Monday night (July 20). In confirming the matter Miri district police chief ACP Lim Meng Seah said that the incident occurred around 7.58pm when the suspect entered the premises with a machete and […]

Teen found dead in car park

MIRI: A teenager fell to his death at a shopping complex along Jalan Miri-Pujut last Saturday. District police chief ACP Lim Meng Seah said the 19-year-old was found unconscious in a pool of blood at a parking space behind the complex around 7.30pm. An eye witness said that while resting at a staircase, he heard […]

Vegetables worth RM53k seized

MIRI: The Royal Malaysian Customs Department seized over 3,462kg of various types of undeclared imported vegetables worth RM53,369 involving duty and tax of RM59, 086 following an inspection at Jalan Bintulu-Miri. Sarawak Customs director Datuk Sharifah Halimah Tuanku Taha said the vegetables were found in a 40-feet long refrigerated trailer at around 10am on Tuesday […]

Enhanced continuous Covid-19 surveillance

MIRI: The Miri Division Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) would like to clarify a recent newspaper report stating that the city had 13 new Person Under Investigation (PUI) cases in a day. According to a statement issued by the committee, PUI refers to patients presented with respiratory symptoms plus history of travelling overseas or outside Sarawak […]

Health clinic relocates to multipurpose hall

LONG LAMA, Miri: The Long Lama health clinic will be relocated temporarily at Long Lama multipurpose hall and will be operational starting July 20. The relocation is to facilitate the Public Works Department (JKR) to carry out comprehensive soil tests at its current location which is compromised by continuous soil erosion. “They (JKR) are given […]

Ex-Miri mayor praises effort to revive citizenship committee

MIRI: Former Miri mayor, Datuk Lawrence Lai, lauded the effort made by Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Dato Sri Fatimah Abdullah to revive the Sarawak Special Committee on Citizenship Status. “With its revival, this would expedite applications for citizenship as the committee is responsible for screening and reviewing applications before submitting […]

Fireman’s widow receives RM28k from department

MIRI: Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department director Khirudin Drahman @Hussaini early yesterday presented a cheque worth RM28,000 to Maria Suhaini, widow to PBK II Zainal Suhaili at Miri Fire and Rescue department quarters. During his visit to Maria, Khirudin was accompanied by State Fire and Rescue assistant director PgKB I Tiong Ling Hii and PgKB […]