Man held for running amok
MIRI: A man ran amok on Thursday evening after his father refused his demands for cash. The man also damaged several things at his family’s place in a longhouse at Taman Tuanku Abdul Rahman Lambir here. Following the incident, his father, 77, lodged a police report. Miri Criminal Investigation Department officers later arrested the 30-year-old […]
Suspected burglar caught
SIBU: Police arrested an unemployed man at a budget hotel here on suspicion of committing burglary and theft. Acting Sibu district police chief Supt Dr Collin Babat said the 26-year-old suspect was believed to have committed the crime at a government-owned education flat in Jalan Disa near here. He said the suspect was detained at […]
Never a good idea to tail anyone
MIRI: An elderly man who tailed a car after he saw his woman friend getting into another man’s vehicle had a rude shock when the latter pulled over and smashed the front portion of his car with a machete. Fearing for his life, the 61-year-old made a quick getaway before more harm was done and […]
Not a pull but total nuisance
Sometimes, it’s not the song that makes you emotional, it’s the people and things that come to your mind when you hear it. — Author unknown Music gives life to an ambience, any kind of music or genre, that is. But any music with very high volume usually becomes noise and leads to a noisy […]
Housewife loses RM87k to Macau scam
SIBU: A housewife lost RM87,240 after falling prey to a Macau scam syndicate late last year. The victim, who is in her 50s, had on Nov 30 received a call from one ‘Mastura’, who said her name had been used to make an insurance claim amounting to RM76,800 in three months. The victim was instructed […]
Cop gets jail for graft
SIBU: A police officer was on Monday (Jan 17) ordered to be put behind bars for five months for two charges of graft. Sergeant Wan Bedwi Wan Yusup, 30, pleaded no contest and was sentenced to five months’ imprisonment for each charge with the sentences running concurrently. In the first alternative charge, he was accused […]
Angry husband goes berserk
MIRI: A 24-year-old mechanic went berserk after his wife refused to allow him to take their two sons, aged five and six, out on Friday night. The angry man had reportedly punched the main door of a house occupied by his wife in Kampung Pasir Lutong after she turned down his request. Acting on a […]
Passenger arrested for touching female driver’s thigh
MIRI: Police on Monday (Nov 29) afternoon detained a man for inappropriately touching a female e-hailing driver. Miri Police chief ACP Hakemal Hawari said the incident reportedly happened inside a car driven by the 29 year-old complainant on Wednesday morning (Nov 24). That morning, she drove to Kampung Lopeng at about 8 o’clock to pick […]
Suspected extortion: Soo lodges police report
KUCHING: Sarawak People’s Aspiration Party (Aspirasi) president Lina Soo has lodged a police report at Padungan police station yesterday (Nov 26) pertaining to a suspected extortion case. Soo, who is also Aspirasi’s potential candidate for Padungan in the upcoming state election, said the incident happened on Nov 19 when a friend of hers was approached […]
Association lodges police report against TikTok video
KUCHING: A recent viral TikTok video by Syawal Aidiel that allegedly insulted the Dayak community caught the attention of the Sarawak Rangers Veteran Association. The association, represented by Warrant Officer 2 (B) Keliment Nyapong and several other members, lodged a police report against the user at the Sungai Maong police station at 11am on Tuesday […]
