Apex Court upholds acquittal of senior citizen in maid murder case
PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court today affirmed the acquittal of a senior citizen accused of murdering her Indonesian maid four years ago. A three-member bench chaired by judge Vernon Ong said trial judge Akhtar Tahir had exercised his discretion to give MA Ambika, 62, an acquittal. “There is no appealable error by the High Court and […]
Male senior citizen found dead in bedroom
SIBU: A senior citizen was found dead at his house in Kampung Nangka here today. The deceased has been identified as Bujang akri, 71. A spokesman from Sarawak Fire and Rescue Operation said that they received a distress call at 2pm “Upon arriving at the location, the operations commander reported that the police had been […]
Senior citizen killed in accident
MARUDI: A senior citizen was killed in a collision with a four-wheel drive vehicle yesterday. According to Marudi OCPD DSP Mohd Ruslan Mat Kib, the fatal accident happened at 1pm. “Initial investigation found that the victim, Pius Belulok Barat, was riding from Beluru towards Lapok.” “When the deceased was about to ride down the hill, […]
Man arrested for hurting senior citizen at fatal accident
KUCHING: The police here arrested a guy for allegedly assaulting another man who was assisting an accident victim along Jalan Astana here, on Wednesday. The incident went viral on social media after a 20-second video showing the victim suffering injuries as a result of being beaten at a fatal accident scene between a lorry and […]
Senior citizen gets jail for throwing a punch
KUCHING: A senior citizen who bloodied the nose of his son’s employer for telling him to shape up at work will spend the next two months in prison. Rajiee Hassan pleaded guilty to intentionally causing injury to Simon Yau, 50, when his case came up before Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi. The 66-year-old accused committed the crime […]
Sarawak needs more Senior Citizen Activity Centres
BY SITI NURAIN RATANI KUCHING: There is a need to establish more Senior Citizen Activity Centres (PAWE) in Sarawak at the district level. Assistant Minister for Women, Childhood and Community Wellbeing Development II (Community Wellbeing Development) Mohamad Razi Sitam said a proposal to establish more PAWE centres would be submitted to the ministry. He said […]
Repok rep donates hospital bed to senior citizen
SARIKEI: A senior citizen has received a hospital bed from Repok assemblyman Datuk Seri Huang Tiong Sii. The bed was delivered to Kho Ying Wang, 70, who resides in Jalan Chung Nik here on Tuesday (Feb 8). Huang was represented by Penghulu Huang Tiong Kang.
Senior citizen grateful to have received vaccine
BY MUHAMMAD AMMAR SHAFIQ HAMZAH KUCHING: Seventy-four-year-old Endot Airuddin is grateful that she was fully vaccinated against Covid-19 when she was found positive with the virus. “I was down only with mild symptoms,” she said, and after going through the experience, she advised those who have not registered for the vaccination to do so. She said […]
Ministry never issued directive for senior citizens to return driving licence
KUALA LUMPUR: The Transport Ministry (MOT) has never issued any directive for senior citizens aged 70 and above to return their driving licence, said its Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong. He said driving competency should not be measured based on age and there were many factors that contributed to road accidents. “Competency is […]
Rep presents wheelchair to needy elderly
KUCHING: Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Junaidi recently visited a needy senior citizen at Bintawa Hilir here on Monday (Sept 20). The Sarawak Public Communications Unit (Ukas) said the Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department (Islamic Affairs and DBKU) contributed a wheelchair to Rapiah Japar who has been suffering from stroke for the past three […]
