Firecracker-wielding bully swiftly arrested
KUCHING: Police have arrested a man who assaulted a disabled person in Samariang here. Following a viral video that showed the suspect — a delivery staff — using a firecracker on the victim, police received a report on May 10. Kuching OCPD ACP Ahsmon Bajah, in a press conference today, stated that the 24-year-old suspect […]
No pig DNA in frozen squid ring samples
KUCHING: The national Department of Chemistry has confirmed that no pig DNA or porcine was detected in the frozen squid ring samples as claimed by a consumer in a post that went viral on social media recently. Federal Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi said the results came from samples […]
Loud boom and tremor cause a stir
KUCHING: Residents in the Kota Samarahan area were rudely awakened by a loud boom and a tremor around 6.30am this morning. According to a spokesperson from the Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia), they did not detect any earthquake in the area, nor in the state. The seismic wave detected by the department was not significant to […]
Man pays RM1k fine to avoid jail
KUCHING: A man was fined RM1,000 in default of 10 days’ jail by the Magistrates’ Court here n Tuesday (Jan 18) for punching another man. The accused, Lau Hui Lok, 49, was charged with committing the offence on April 13, 2018 at about 5.45pm at a house in Jalan Angsana off Green Road here. The […]
Love locks for Satok Suspension Bridge?
Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., American physician The newly restored Satok Suspension Bridge was in the news recently after images of the first love lock on it being removed went viral on social media. The bridge, originally constructed in 1923, collapsed in 2004 and […]
Party expresses disbelief over bias appointment of grade DG41 teachers
MIRI: Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak Baru (PBDSB) has expressed disbelief and shock that the new appointment list of grade DG41 teachers showed 80 percent of those selected are Malayans. “It’s an imbalanced list for sure. Don’t they have other people to choose from? The list which has gone viral in social media since Tuesday has displeased […]
Spiderman gets his vaccine dose!
KUCHING: Our friendly neighbourhood spiderman is in town. Well, in fact there are two of them. What are they doing? Both spidermen have their individual stories to tell. For one of them life has been very hard after the implementation of the nationwide movement control order (MCO), and the other is doing what a superhero […]
No panic buying at supermarket as viralled
KOTA SAMARAHAN: There was no panic buying—as alleged on social media—at a popular supermarket here following an inspection by authorities. Instead, officers from the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP) found people queueing as per standard operating procedure (SOP) guidelines. Sarawak KPDNHEP enforcement chief officer Mogan Arumugan, who led the team on Friday […]
Case of queue jumping in vaccination will not happen again
KUCHING: Sarawak Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas has given his assurance that the incident of queue jumping at the Stadium Perpaduan Covid-19 vaccination centre here today will not happen again. “We hope what happened … will not happen again. The management (of vaccination centre) has assured me (on this matter). We apologise for the […]
Duo arrested for stealing washing machine
MIRI: Two men were detained for stealing a washing machine from a house at Jalan Muria 10, Pujut 2B here on Monday. The incident happened at 1.08pm. According to sources, the owner of the house noticed two men carting the RM800 washing machine away on a motorcycle. He managed to take a picture of […]
