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Nurse confirmed positive

KUCHING: Normah Medical Specialist Centre (NMSC) has confirmed that one of its nursing staff was diagnosed with Covid-19 on Tuesday (July 14), referred to as Case 582 by the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC). In a statement on its website on Wednesday, the management of NMSC disclosed that the staff member had been stationed at […]

Jobless man arrested for drug possession

BAU: A 20-year-old man was arrested after he was found with drugs weighing 1.01g in front of a convenience store along Jalan Jambusan on Tuesday (July 14). District police chief DSP Poge Nyaon, in a statement, revealed the unemployed man was detained at 4.45pm by police in front of the premises after he was spotted […]

Woman nabbed for drug possession

KUCHING: A woman was arrested by police for possessing drugs worth RM1,002 on Thursday. Kuching district deputy police chief Supt Merbin Lisa said that the arrest took place at 11.45am at Wisma Unaco. A team from Kuching Police Narcotics Crime Investigation Division (NCID) arrested the 22-year-old woman based on information obtained. “During inspection, the woman […]

Dog that bit catcher tested positive for rabies

SIBU: A dog that bit two members of the Sibu Municipal Council (SMC) team last Sunday has been tested positive for rabies. In relaying the news yesterday, SMC chairman Clarence Ting said the dog was caught several hours later and a test done on it confirmed that it had rabies. A dog catcher and a […]

63 arrested in anti-drug ops

KUCHING: The National Anti-Drug Agency (AADK) has arrested 63 individuals in an operation codenamed ‘Ops Total Enforcement II’ from June 22 to 24. Sarawak director Wan Madihi Wan Salleh said of the total arrests, 41 were nabbed in Miri, 16 in Samarahan and six in Kuching. “However, only 52 men and one woman tested positive […]

Runaway positive Covid-19 Indonesian couple found

KUCHING: Two Indonesian nationals who were reported to have fled after being tested positive for Covid-19 yesterday have been found and taken to the Sarawak General Hospital here. Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Aidi Ismail said the two individuals, who were husband and wife, were found in a new residential area near Jalan Matang Baru at […]

Virus positive workers on the run

KUCHING: Two Indonesian workers ran away from a construction site near the State Legislative Assembly Petra Jaya here after knowing they had tested positive for Covid-19. Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Aidi Ismail said the police were on the lookout for the duo since they ran away from the construction site on Wednesday night. “The two […]

Cops arrest man for drug abuse

The 21-year-old was picked up at a field in Kampung Sibuluh by a police team, which stopped the suspect, who was on a motorcycle. Bau OCPD DSP Poge Nyaon said 01.95 grammes of drugs, believed to be syabu, was found on the suspect. “The drug was found inside a small, clear plastic bag kept in […]

Not our employees – ThePodium

KUCHING: A foreign worker who tested positive of Covid-19 at a construction site at Sungai Moyan here recently was not working at the The Podium. Chen Ling Development Sdn Bhd which develops the high-rise apartment clarified that foreign workers staying at the Sungai Moyan workers quarters were not its employees. The company said it was […]

36 Covid-19 positive cases today

PUTRAJAYA: A total of 36 new Covid-19 positive cases were reported as at noon today, with 28 of them involving non-Malaysian citizens, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. He said this brings to 6,855 the total of Covid-19 positive cases in the country, while the number of infectivity cases is 1,304. There were […]