SAR operation launched for missing man
MIRI: A search and rescue (SAR) operation was launched for a man who was reported missing last Sunday. A team of five Marudi firefighters, led by PPgB Maureen Sim, was deployed to Sungai Besanan, Sungai Tutoh, Mulu, Baram by boat from Marudi yesterday at 7am to locate the victim. The man, identified as Robin Bantan, […]
Pol-sec lodges police report
KUCHING: Political secretary to the Chief Minister, Tan Kai has lodged a police report over a viralled fake news which alleged the recent one-day State Legislative Assembly (DUN) Sitting was held quietly to acknowledge and pass the validity of Petroleum Development Act 1974 (PDA 74).The police report was made at the Tabuan Jaya police station […]
Online trader loses rm108,300 to face mask scam
KUANTAN: An online trader who wanted to make a bulk purchase of face masks lost RM108,300 after being duped by a non-existent supplier. Pahang Commercial Crime Investigation Department chief Supt Mohd Wazir Mohd Yusof said the 34-year-old victim claimed that she made an order for 2,700 boxes of face masks from a woman in Penang […]
Retired teacher loses over RM700,000 in Macau scam
IPOH: A retired teacher here claims to have lost RM740,000 of her savings after being cheated by a Macau scam syndicate last month. Perak Commercial Crime Investigation Department chief Supt Hasbullah Abd Rahman said the 77-year old woman, who only realised recently that she had been cheated, lodged a report at Sungai Senam police station last Monday. He said the woman, who is […]
Viral longhouse brawl irks chieftains
MIRI: Two longhouse headmen in Suai Niah on Wednesday lodged police reports at Niah police station over a video clip of a brawl in a longhouse that went viral on Facebook. The brawl was a recent incident that took place when food aid was being distributed to villagers impacted by the movement control order (MCO). […]
Police report lodged against fraud syndicate
KUCHING: A police report was filed against a fraud syndicate which used the identity of Betong MP Datuk Robert Lawson Chuat in a bid to solicit a sum of RM4,900 from Saribas assemblyman Mohammad Razi Sitam on Sunday. Razi, when contacted, said the scammer used WhatsApp and the phone number 01115155790. He initially received a […]
MP loses more than RM800K in fixed deposit
MIRI: Miri MP Dr Michael Teo Yu Keng on Thursday claimed that his cash amounting to (Singapore Dollar) $D272,893.74 had disappeared from his fixed deposit which he kept with a bank here. A police report was lodged at 1.38pm yesterday at Miri central police station after he felt cheated by the bank. Dr Teo was […]
Justice forsaken
The older I get, the faster I was. There are old bikers and there are bold bikers, but there are no old, bold bikers. – Evel Knievel, American stunt performer and entertainer Alice was driving out of the lane to her house with three children when a drunk teenaged motorcyclist rammed into her vehicle on […]
Police report lodged against FB post
SIBU: Semop assemblyman Abdullah Saidol has lodged a police report over a posting in a Facebook page which he claimed had defamed him. Sibu district police chief, ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said Saidol, who is also Assistant Minister in Chief Minister’s Department (Corporate Affairs and Sarawak Public Communications Unit) lodged the report at 5.27pm on […]
