VESSEL-PLATFORM COLLISION: Survivors to arrive in stages
MIRI: Forty-six survivors from the 125 who jumped off from the MV Dayang Topaz vessel which crashed into an oil rig platform arrived at the Krokop offshore jetty in stages today (Oct 27). The vessel was carrying 187 crew members; 125 jumped overboard while 62 remained on board. The remaining 79 crew members who jumped, […]
DAP Pujut office broken into
MIRI: The Democratic Action Party’s (DAP) Pujut service centre here in Krokop was broken into last Sunday. DAP Pujut chairman’s personal assistant Peter Hee Leh Keng in a police report said that he came to the office around 10am and found that it has been broken into. “Upon inspection, I found several items such as […]
20 fined RM1k each for violating SOPs
MIRI: Twenty individuals were fined RM1,000 each during a raid, dubbed Ops Noda/Cantas/RMCO, for failing to comply with the standard operating procedures (SOPs) enforced during the recovery movement control order (RMCO) last Friday (Oct 23) and Saturday (Oct 24). The individuals were fined at several locations during the operation carried out at entertainment outlets throughout […]
GOF seizes RM2.7 mln in contraband goods
MIRI: The Sarawak General Operations Force (GOF) on Saturday announced that they have seized smuggled goods, as well as a lorry, worth RM2,702,580.00. Sarawak GOF Commander SAC Mancha Ata in a statement said a raid, under an operation dubbed Ops Libas, was carried out on a house at Desa Pujut 2 Permyjaya here on Friday […]
40 now certified aerobics instructors
MIRI: Forty participants of a two-day basic aerobics course held here are now certified aerobics instructors. They received their certificates on Friday evening at Marina Cocoa Cabana during the closing ceremony of the course, which were presented by Miri District officer Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusuf representing Telang Usan assemblyman Dennis Ngau. Aziz in his opening […]
Repeat offender caught stealing
MIRI: A 31-year-old local man who was just released from police lock-up was caught stealing again. The suspect was out from police custody for just a week but on Friday evening (Oct 23) he was arrested and detained again for motorcycle theft. He was picked up at a five-foot way of a building in Piasau, […]
Man dies trying to avoid fallen tree
MIRI: A 25-year-old man died while another motorcyclist was injured after both tried to avoid a fallen tree along Jalan Masjid Kuala Baram on Friday night. Sarawak Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department chief Superintendent Alexson Naga Chabu said in a statement that both victims (riding on separate motorcycles) were heading home from their workplace when […]
Cat believed swallowed by python
MIRI: A family cat was believed to have been wholly swallowed by a python weighing 10 kilogramme this morning (Oct 23). This was after the kitten went missing since morning. The mysterious disappearance of the family kitten unfolded, after the owner discovered an eight-metre long python curling on a rack inside the store room of […]
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 […]
Mission to remove ghost nets
MIRI: A total of 15 divers from various non-governmental agencies joined in a two-day clean-up mission to remove ghost nets within the Miri-Sibuti Coral Reef National Park. Also taking part was the Northern Sarawak Journalists Association (NSJA). The two-day programme ‘Coral Reefs Cleaning Awareness Workshop’ was the fourth trip being held this year to the sea […]
