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Cops on the hunt for road bully

KUCHING: Police are looking for a road bully who rode his motorcycle recklessly and provoked road users on Saturday (Feb 25). The incident, believed to have taken place along Jalan Tabuan Tranquility, went viral after a 2.59-minute video clip was uploaded to Facebook. The clip shows a man riding his motorcycle with a registration plate […]

Contraband liquor, lorries seized

MIRI: A team of Marine Police Region Five has confiscated a total of 710 cartons of contraband Guinness Stout worth RM 136,320 in a raid codenamed ‘Ops Kontraban’ from two lorries on Tuesday. According to Miri Police chief ACP Alexson Naga Chabu, the lorries were stopped at two separate locations around 11 am. “The first […]

Probe on man’s claims of sexual harassment by police

MELAKA: Police have opened an investigation paper into allegations against a police personnel who allegedly had an affair and harassed another’s man wife after a video went viral on social media yesterday. Melaka Tengah district police chief ACP Christopher Patit said police also received a report from the woman’s husband on the misconduct of the […]

Man beaten up, slashed with knife over debt

PADAWAN: A local man who allegedly refused to pay off a RM500 debt was attacked by three men with a machete and a hammer last night (Feb 14). The 8.30pm at a house in RPR Jalan Arang involving the 35-year-old victim left him with head and hand injuries. Padawan police chief Supt Abang Zainal Abidin […]

Police seek two locals to help in gang robbery probe

KUCHING: Police are looking for two local men to facilitate investigations into a recent gang robbery in the district. Kuching police chief ACP Ahsmon Bajah said both men were needed to assist in investigations under Section 395/397 of the Penal Code. The section provides for a jail term of up to 20 years and whipping, […]

27 held in swiftlet farming bust

SIBU: Five women were among 27 people arrested for illegal swiftlet farming. Sibu Police Chief ACP Zulkipli Suhaili said swiftlet nests worth RM46,670 were seized from them in 28 raids conducted over two days around shop premises in Tanjung Manis. The raids were carried out as part of Op Bersepadu Khazanah last Wednesday and Thursday. […]

Police probe woman’s claim of son pushed to convert to Islam

KUALA LUMPUR: The police have opened an investigation paper (IP) into the case of a woman who was unhappy with a secondary school teacher for allegedly pushing her 15-year-old son to convert to Islam. Cheras district police chief ACP Zam Halim Jamaluddin said the woman lodged a report yesterday and the investigation was being conducted […]

It’s responsibility of police to serve all, regardless of situation

KUCHING: It is the responsibility of the police to serve all regardless of the situation, including how one dresses to lodge a police report, said Bandar Kuching Member of Parliament (MP) Dr Kelvin Yii. In response to the recent statement by Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani that insisted the public […]

Police pick up 11 persons, including foreigners, for online gambling

KUCHING: Police arrested 11 persons for involvement in online gambling in Gita here last Sunday (Jan 29). Kuching OCPD ACP Ahsmon Bajah said five men were locals while another five men and a woman were foreigners. “The operation codenamed ‘Ops Dadu’ was a two-day operation from Jan 28 to 29 conducted by the Criminal Investigation […]

Fight in Sibu goes viral, cops arrest trio

SIBU: The court here charged three men on Dec 28 under Section 160 of the Penal Code for being involved in a fight in Jalan Sibu on Dec 26. The suspects, aged between 19 and 22, were detained by police and remanded for two days. Sibu police came across the viral video on Friday (Jan […]