Elderly vegetable trader loses nearly RM1 MLN in phone scam
KUANTAN: An elderly vegetable trader in Cameron Highlands lost RM958,088 after falling victim to a ‘phone scam’, tempted by a plot to inherit a fortune concocted by an online crime syndicate. Pahang police chief Datuk Seri Yahaya Othman said the 69-year-old male victim first received a call through Facebook from a suspect posing as a […]
Business as usual at market despite hot spell
KUCHING: It may have been a hot and bothered last few days but here at the Seven Mile Market, despite the hot weather, it has been business as usual. As it was Awal Muharram (Islamic New Year), a public holiday, the market was filled with people buying vegetables and fruits. Chong Shal Joo, a vendor […]
Midin’s price stable despite trends
SIBU: Despite unpredictable weather affecting vegetable prices, Midin, a local fern widely enjoyed as a vegetable, has remained unaffected by market trends. The Sibu Vegetable Planters Association advisor Kong Hua Kuong said that the price of Midin has remained stable for years, with fluctuations in demand having no effect. “At RM15 per kg, and sometimes […]
Vegetable trader dies in early morning crash
SIBU: A vegetable trader was killed after she had apparently lost control of her vehicle and crashed it into a road divider along Jalan Sibu-Bintulu on Friday (June 11). The incident happened around 7am when the victim identified as Sima Danna, 63, was heading towards the Sibu-Bintulu roundabout. Sarawak Traffic Police chief Supt Alexson Naga […]
Veggies rotting for lack of buyers
KUCHING: Native traders at the Kota Padawan market are at their wits end as the Covid-19 pandemic has adversely affected their business. The traders, mostly from Borneo Heights and the Padawan areas, would come daily to the market to sell their fresh vegetable and jungle produce. However, because of the rising daily Covid-19 cases, fewer […]
Vegetable traders arrested in Molotov cocktail case
KUCHING: Two vegetable traders have been arrested for alleged involvement in a molotov cocktail which was thrown at a house in Kampung Beratok, Jalan Kuching-Serian last Thursday morning. Padawan deputy police chief DSP Lim Jaw Shyong said both traders aged 32 and 37, were arrested around 4.40pm. The traders – a man and a woman, […]
