Teenager dies in motorcycle crash

KUCHING: A 15-year-old teenager was killed in a motorcycle crash at the Abang Kipali roundabout and underpass here on Friday. The victim was identified as Branden Wayne Basil from Bandar Baru Samariang. Sarawak Traffic Investigation and Enforcement chief Supt Alexson Naga Chabu said the police received information on the incident at around 2.45am and despatched […]

Teen under police custody for drug abuse

BAU: A teenager is under police custody after he was arrested for drug abuse here. District police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said the 18-year-old was detained at 1.50pm on Tuesday by the roadside of Kampung Segubang here, after he was spotted acting suspiciously. “A body check conducted on the suspect found a translucent plastic package […]

SAR for missing teen

TANJUNG MANIS: A search and rescue (SAR) operation is underway for a 14-year-old boy who has gone missing in what is suspected to be a crocodile attack in a river at Rumah Dadat last Sunday. In the second day of the search, the State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) informed that the SAR team continued […]

Teenager latest crocodile attack victim in Mukah

KUCHING: A 14-year old boy has become the second victim of a crocodile attack in Sarawak in the past three days. The teenager, identified as Ricky Ganya, was attacked by a crocodile while out collecting snails with his aunt and two friends at a river in Rumat Dadat, Tanjung Manis in Mukah Division today. The […]

Teen found dead in car park

MIRI: A teenager fell to his death at a shopping complex along Jalan Miri-Pujut last Saturday. District police chief ACP Lim Meng Seah said the 19-year-old was found unconscious in a pool of blood at a parking space behind the complex around 7.30pm. An eye witness said that while resting at a staircase, he heard […]

‘Daredevil’ out on good behaviour bond

KUCHING: A teenager who was arrested for illegal racing was freed on a two-year good behaviour bond by a Magistrate’s Court, here yesterday. The magistrate also set a court bail of RM1,000 for his release. State Traffic Investigation and Enforcement chief Supt Alexson Naga Chabu said the 18-year-old suspect was arrested for riding his motorcycle […]

Teen lodges police report over attack

BEKENU, MIRI:  A teenager has lodged a police report after he was punched repeatedly on the face by two men and suffered two blacken eyes as a result. According to the 19-year-old victim and son of a local journalist in Bekenu, he was attacked near Bekenu Rural Transformation Centre (RTC) building on Tuesday night. Prior […]

Teenage biker killed in road collision

SARATOK: A teenage biker was killed in a road collision at KM9, Jalan Roban-Kabong on Monday. Jackson Lano Alvis, 17, succumbed to his injuries at Saratok Hospital while his 21-year-old friend is still receiving treatment. State Traffic Investigation and Enforcement chief Supt Alexson Naga Chabu said the accident occurred at 1pm. “It was understood that […]

Teenager dies in road mishap

KANOWIT: A 13-year-old girl died in an accident involving a motorcycle and a four-wheel drive vehicle at Nanga Ngungun/Nanga Ngemah Road (near the Nanga Ngungun Resettlement Scheme) on Sunday afternoon. Before the accident which happened around 4.30pm, Olivia Serani and her friend Shakira Erica Durin, 16, were on a motorcycle which was travelling from Nanga Ngungun […]

SAR ops for teenager who fell into river

KUCHING: A search and rescue (SAR) operation was launched yesterday for a 17-year-old boy from Siburan who was reported to have fallen from the Kuap Bridge into a river at Jalan Datuk Muhammad Musa here. According to the State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) operation centre, a team of firemen from Tabuan Jaya Fire and […]