Threatening autistic teenager released on bail

KUCHING: An autistic teenager was released on police bail after he was arrested for writing a death threat comment against Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas on Facebook. Last Thursday, the suspect threatened to kill Uggah, who is the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman, if he were to announce movement control order […]

Man arrested for threatening father

MIRI: A 40-year-old man was detained today (Feb 16) after he threatened his father for refusing to give him money. The suspect was apprehended at his family’s home in Piasau Utara here around 12pm this afternoon (Feb 16) following a police report made by his father. Earlier that day, the suspect had threatened to harm […]

Assaulted and threatened because of boyfriend

MIRI: Three individuals, including a woman, broke into a rented room of a budget hotel here at Jalan Lee Tak on Monday night (1 Feb) to assault a 30-year-old female guest. The woman then proceeded to accuse the guest of trying to snatch her boyfriend. During the incident which occurred around 8pm on Monday, the […]

Man detained for running amok

MIRI: Police have detained a 21 year-old man from Lorong Harmoni Tudan phase 6 here after he reportedly threatened his sister for refusing to give him money. The suspect was detained at 3pm last Thursday following a police report lodged by the sister regarding the incident which happened on December 14 last year at their […]

Boy runs amok after father refuses to give RM400

MIRI: A 16-year-old boy from Kampung Pasir Lutong is in police custody after he ran amok and threatened to harm his father on Tuesday evening. The teen went berserk around 6.30pm after his father refused to give him RM400. Miri deputy police chief, Supt Mohd Sabri Zainol, said the boy was detained around 8.05pm on […]

Firemen fouls woman’s threat to jump

SIBU: Swift actions by firefighters managed to stop a 27-year-old woman from China who threatened to jump from the fifth floor of a hotel at Jalan Pahlawan last Sunday (Dec 13). The State Fire Department operations centre despatched firemen from the Sungai Merah fire station to the scene after receiving an emergency call around 3.36pm.  […]

Man runs amok, threatens father

MIRI: A 44-year-old man ran amok and threatened his father at their home in RPR Batu 6, Jalan Pujut-Kuala Baram recently. This was after his demand for cash amounting to RM300 was refused by the 71-year-old patriarch of the family. In the incident, that occurred on December 6 and 8, the son had smashed glass […]

Man arrested for threatening parents

KUCHING: Police have arrested a 38-year-old man for allegedly beating and threatening to kill his parents. Padawan police chief, Supt Aidil Bolhassan said the suspect was arrested at Jalan Mendu here at 3.45pm this evening. The arrest was made after a police report was lodged by the suspect’s father – who claimed that the suspect […]

Senior citizen fined RM1,000 for criminal intimidation

KUCHING: A septuagenarian was fined RM1,000 in default one month jail after he pleaded guilty to criminal intimidation today. Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi sentenced the 78-year-old man under Section 506 of the Penal Code. Kong from Jalan Semaba admitted committing criminal intimidation by threatening to hurt 63-year-old Voon Ah Joon over a debt of RM3,000. He […]

Man detained for threatening wife

SIBU: A woman here lodged a police report against her husband for allegedly abusing and threatening her. Following the report, a police team arrested the man in his 40s in the city centre. The victim said she feared for her safety after she saw a gun in her husband’s car on Saturday morning (Sept 26) […]