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85% road accidents due to negligence

KUCHING: A staggering 85 per cent of road accidents in Sarawak from January to October 2023 have been attributed to driver and motorcyclist carelessness, according to the Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department (JSPT) of the Sarawak Contingent Police Headquarters. The JSPT said that 28 per cent of these accidents were due to negligence leading to […]

Mum lodges police report against kindy on son’s fatal fall in pool

IPOH: A woman has accused a private kindergarten here of negligence, claiming that its failure in monitoring her four-year-old son’s movement led to him falling into a swimming pool next door, which resulted in his death. Forty-year-old D. Nilaveni, who is also a trader, said the kindergarten has also yet to explain the actual reason why […]

Fireworks cause of CNY fire in Sibu

SIBU: Fireworks and negligence are to blame for the fire that damaged four houses in Taman Permai on the first day of Chinese New Year. Sarawak Fire Department Zone 4 chief Janggan Muling said the fire broke out in the wee hours at 1am. “The fire started from the car porch of a house which […]

Indonesia court finds president negligent over pollution in landmark case

JAKARTA, Indonesia: In a landmark victory for Indonesian environment campaigners, a court on Thursday ordered President Joko Widodo to clean up Jakarta’s notorious air pollution, ruling that the leader and other top officials had been negligent in protecting citizens. The capital and its surroundings form a megacity of about 30 million people, which routinely ranks […]

Negligence, carelessness leading causes of road accidents

KUCHING: Negligence and carelessness on the part of motorists and pedestrians have been the leading causes of road accidents involving ambulances this year. Sarawak Traffic Investigation and Enforcement chief Supt Alexson Naga Chabu said this included failure of road users to give way to emergency vehicles, especially ambulances, as provided under the Road Traffic Rules […]

SDMC to probe allegations of Semuja SOP breach

KUCHING: The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) will conduct a thorough investigation over allegations of negligence in complying with the standard operating procedure (SOP) when admitting new detainees at the Semuja Immigration Detention Centre in Serian. SDMC chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the allegation was very disturbing and a grave concern. “We will […]

CP does not deny negligence involved in the rape incident

MIRI: Sarawak Commissioner of Police (CP), Datuk Aidi Ismail, does not deny negligence was involved in the Jan 9’s rape incident that occurred inside the Miri Central Police Station (CPS) lock-up. “No doubt, there’s a breach of lock-up standard operating procedure by the two policemen manning the lock-up that day,” he said today after visiting […]

Bangladesh suspends six doctors

DHAKA: Bangladesh suspended six doctors from government service Saturday after they were allegedly found unwilling to treat coronavirus patients and remained absent from work without prior notice. Anadolu Agency reported a Directorate of Health Services as saying that doctors from the Kuwait-Bangladesh Friendship Hospital were suspended under the Government Service Rule and the Health Ministry would take further actions against the […]