Man shot dead by hunting mate
KANOWIT: Police have reclassified the case of a 30-year-old man who died after he was initially said to have shot himself while hunting on Feb 20, as a murder case. District police chief DSP Tega Bilong said the case was reclassified after a confession by a suspect, who admitted to accidentally shooting the victim, Patrick […]
Local woman studying in Taiwan murdered
SIBU: A 24-year-old local woman who was studying at a university in Tainan, Taiwan, was reported to have died last Thursday (Oct 29). According to a Taiwan newspaper the woman has been missing since Oct 28. Following that, a male suspect was arrested after he admitting to killing her. The suspect also claimed to have […]
Asphyxia, blunt force trauma cause of death
Suitcase murder SIBU: The death of a 37-year-old woman, who was found with her lower body stuffed into a suitcase in Jalan Aman here, was believed to be caused by asphyxia and blunt force trauma. Sibu District Police Chief, ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said this in a statement today after receiving a full report based […]
Police officer charged with wife’s murder ordered to defend himself
KUCHING: The High Court here ordered a police officer, who is the sole perpetrator in the murder of his second wife, to defend himself on Nov 9 and 10. Judicial Commissioner Christopher Chin found a prima facie case when deciding at the end of the prosecution trial against accused, Mohammad Sohffian Abu Hassan, who has […]
Husband, wife charged with murder
SIBU: A man and his wife suspected of murder were arraigned in a Sibu Court on Wednesday (Oct 7). The case involved the gruesome discovery of a woman’s body inside a suitcase at Jalan Aman here on Tuesday (Oct 6), This was confirmed by Sibu district police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit when contacted on […]
Gruesome body in suitcase find
Cops pick up two suspects BY FLORENCE GENTA & NURHAUNI LEE ABDULLAH SIBU: Police here have arrested two suspects after the discovery of a woman’s body inside a black suitcase at the roadside of Jalan Aman here at 6.45am today. Sibu police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said the suspects were picked up from a […]
Man charged with murder of grandmother
KUCHING: A man was charged at the Magistrate’s Court here with the murder of his grandmother in her house at Kampung Rampangi, Samariang here on Sept 21. The accused, Azizan Zainal, 27, appeared before Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi on Monday (Sept 28) at Kuching High Court, Petra Jaya. The accused nodded in understanding after the charge […]
