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Cops nab four locals for cable theft

KUCHING: Police have arrested four men for allegedly stealing telecommunication cables around the city. In a statement acting Kuching police chief Supt Merbin Lisa said the local suspects were picked up at two separate locations last Friday (July 28). “The first arrest happened around 6am and it involved three suspects near the entry route to […]

Duo fined RM6,000 for stealing cables

KUCHING: Two men were each fined RM3,000, in default seven months’ jail by the Magistrate’s Court today for stealing cables belonging to a telecommunications company on May 22. Nasri Mohammad, 45, and Awang Shahrizal, 37, both from Kampung Semariang Batu, pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 379 of the Penal Code which was read […]

Lorry’s loading bucket rips off electrical cables

MUKAH: A few electrical and telecommunication cables as well as light poles fell on the ground at KM4, Jalan Mukah-Balingian near a petrol station here after they were accidentally ripped off by a lorry’s loading bucket today (July 27). Mukah police chief DSP Muhamad Rizal Alias said the lorry driver, 22, did not realise that […]