Trio caught after high-speed chase
KUCHING: Three men evading police that led to a high-speed chase in the city failed to make their escape yesterday. District police chief ACP Awang Din Awang Ghani said the men aged 25, 27 and 33, were travelling in a vehicle when a police patrol car (MPV) spotted them at Jalan Central Timur at 1.30pm […]
Hats off to Dalat police
KUCHING: Dalat was the first district in Sarawak to impose fines on people disobeying the movement control order (MCO) in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister and Dalat assemblywoman Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said her constituency has been implementing very strict measures to ensure that its people […]
Police intensify MCO operations
BINTANGOR: Meradong police (IPD Meradong) is intensifying operations to ensure that folk comply with the movement control order (MCO) in the district. Meradong district police chief DSP Sekam Anoi is leading the operation and assisted by Rela members. The operation aimed at restricting movements of people into and out of Bintangor town, as well residential […]
Protective items for Sarawak police
KUCHING: Sarawak police have received 400kg of personal protective items donated by the public, Coway Company and the Health Ministry (MOH). Sarawak Air Force Team (PGU) commander assistant commissioner Alias Abd Wahab said it was the first time that a flight of logistics was transported by the Beechcraft King Air 350 aircraft from Kuala Lumpur […]
Police welcome special incentives
KUCHING: The Sarawak Police Contingent fully welcomes the frontliners’ special incentives announced in the Sarawakku Sayang Special Assistance Package on Monday. State Commissioner of Police (CP) Datuk Aidi Ismail said, “We express our outmost gratitude to the government for its appreciation of the tasks carried out by the police in enforcing this movement control order […]
Reinforcements have arrived
KUCHING: The Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) are already deployed to assist the Royal Malaysia Police Force (PDRM) to enforce the movement control order (MCO). New Sarawak Tribune yesterday monitored their operations at Jalan Abell here where four soldiers from the 10th Rangers Unit stationed at Muara Tuang Camp were assisting nine police officers. It was […]
Police setting up more roadblocks
MIRI: Police here is setting up more roadblocks in this district during the movement control order (MCO), says its chief ACP Lim Meng Seah. Lim pointed out that their effort is to help the government in minimising people movement during the period to help to contain the spread of Covid-19. Lim said that a total […]
Cops working round the clock
KUCHING: Police are working round the clock, having deployed personnel to conduct checks and roadblocks on members of the public who refused to comply with the movement control order (MCO). As such, police will not hesitate to arrest anyone who failed to adhere to the two-week MCO imposed to contain the spread of Covid-19. However, […]
Police: Defy order, face the music
KUCHING: Sarawakians who defy the mandatory nation-wide movement control order, which began yesterday, could be hauled up by the authorities. Under the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988, eatery operators and patrons found guilty of ignoring the order are looking at a prison term of between two and five years, fine or both. […]
11 wanted by police over brawl
KUCHING: Police here are currently looking for the remaining 11 suspects wanted in connection with a mass brawl in Hui Sing Garden last Monday. Kuching district police chief ACP Awang Din Awang Gani said they had identified the suspects. “A team of CID police from the state police headquarters and district headquarters was deployed shortly […]
