Police report lodged against defamatory statement
KUCHING: The Penggerak Komuniti Negara (PKN) Sarawak has lodged a police report against Perak Democratic Action Party (DAP) youth chief Steven Chaw over the controversial allocation of RM8.6 million. PKN chairperson Nurhanim Hanna Mokhsen said the report was made following Chaw’s statement quoted in an article by a local portal in Perak published on Nov […]
Arrested for injuring brother with knife
BAU: An unemployed man was arrested for allegedly injuring his brother with a karambit knife (Indonesian silat weapon) at Kampung Lidah Tanah, Batu Kitang on Wednesday. District police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said a police report was lodged by the suspect’s brother after the incident outside his house around 8.30pm. Before the incident, the […]
DBKU operation room remains open
KUCHING: Kuching North City Commission (DBKU) Covid-19 operation room will be operating from today (Nov 11) until Nov 22, in line with the conditional movement control order (CMCO). The operation room will be opened from 8am until 11pm. Any non-compliance act against CMCO under DBKU jurisdiction can be reported to the operation room at 082-442629 or […]
Nurse loses RM51,300 in love scam
MIRI: A female nurse here was scammed into parting with a sum of RM51,300 by a ‘lover’ recently. The woman, whose age was not revealed, became a victim in the love scam by a man she had befriended on Facebook in November 2019. “According to the victim, the suspect claimed that he was from Melbourne, […]
Fined for damaging mother’s door
KUCHING: A jobless man who pleaded guilty to causing mischief by damaging his mother’s bedroom door today slapped with a fine of RM3,000, in default three months’ jail. Magistrate Sharifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali ordered Mohamad Azri Omar to pay the fine after he pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 427 of the Penal […]
Unemployed man arrested for allegedly slapping wife
KUCHING: An unemployed man was arrested on Thursday (Nov 5) for allegedly slapping his wife following a misunderstanding, at Taman Matang Jaya, Jalan Matang here. Padawan district police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan said the victim (a housewife) lodged a police report after the alleged incident occurred in early October. This has happened at least five […]
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 […]
Argument over TV lands man in hot soup
MIRI: A 43 year-old man was detained on Tuesday morning for allegedly pushing his sister during a commotion over a television inside their rented house at Jalan Malva, Sungai Baong Krokop here. The victim, aged 38, was injured on her forehead in the incident. Prior to the commotion, the suspect had gone into the house […]
Man fined RM4,900 for drug possession
KUCHING: A local man who pleaded guilty to drug possession, was on Friday (Oct 16) fined RM4,900 or six months’ jail. Magistrate Zaiton Anuar ordered the 23-year-old man to be fined after pleading guilty to an offence under Section 12 (2) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952. The man admitted to possessing 6.55g of methamphetamine […]
SUPP takes DAP man to task over police report
By Natasha Jee & Voon Yih Boon KUCHING: Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) has chided Julian Tan, a special assistant to Democratic Action Party (DAP) Sarawak chairman Chong Chieng Jen, for making an issue out of a non-issue. SUPP Kuching branch chairperson Datuk Lily Yong was responding to a police report lodged by Tan on […]
