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Woman remanded for hurting mother

KUCHING: A woman accused of causing grievous hurt to her mother at a residential area along Kuching-Serian Road on Wednesday has been remanded for six days starting yesterday. Magistrate Mohd Syukri Mokhtar ordered a remand for the 20-year-old woman to facilitate investigations under Section 326 of the Penal Code, which carries

RM919k worth of diesel seized, two held

SIBU: Two men were detained following the seizure of some 100,000 litres of diesel worth RM919,000 by marine police at Batang Igan on Wednesday. According to Sarawak Marine Police Region Five commander ACP Shamsol Kassim, the discovery was made following a routine check on a vessel named Bintang Jaya 1

Woman remanded for hurting mother

KUCHING: A woman accused of causing grievous hurt to her mother at a residential area along Kuching-Serian Road on Wednesday has been remanded for six days starting yesterday. Magistrate Mohd Syukri Mokhtar ordered a remand for the 20-year-old woman to facilitate investigations under Section 326 of the Penal Code, which carries

Mouthy Chong clamped

STATE Pakatan Harapan chairman, Chong Chieng Jen (PH-Kota Sentosa) (pic), was disallowed from participating further in the debates on the Supply (2020) Bill, 2019 after he made outrageous remarks. The Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Deputy Minister compared the State 2020 Budget to that of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) and

DAP gives thumbs-up to proposal

DEMOCRATIC Action Party (DAP) Sarawak has given the thumbs-up to a suggestion to build five international schools in Sarawak. Its chairman Chong Chieng Jen (PH-Kota Sentosa) said although DAP first mooted the idea back in 2015, he was glad that Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) had picked up the idea. “You

Rep laments politics of bullying

STATE Pakatan Harapan chairman, Chong Chieng Jen (PH-Kota Sentosa), lamented that Gabungan Parti Sarawak has resorted to politics of bullying. “You see what happened; it is the epitome of GPS’ politics of bullying. The way that the speakers handled the situation when I was debating; they shouted,” he said yesterday.

Sarawak Coastal Guards base needed

A Sarawak Coastal Guards base should be set up in Kidurong Industrial Zone or Samalaju Industrial Park to secure and monitor the Bintulu coastline. Majang Renggi (GPS-Samalaju) stated that this was necessary to complement the functions of Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) and Marine Police in safeguarding Sarawak waters. “The

Wrong to stop JKKK allowances: Abdul Karim

Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah has slammed Putrajaya’s decision to stop paying allowances to Village Development and Security Committees (JKKKs). “I think it is wrong for the federal government to stop paying the allowances,” he told reporters in a press conference at the State Legislative

4WD skids off road, crashes into car

MIRI: A four-wheel drive (4WD) crashed into a wall nearby Tamu Muhibbah here yesterday, damaging a car which was parked nearby. The driver of the 4WD, a male in his 20s, was not hurt in the incident. The 4WD skidded off the road and landed on the parked Perodua Kancil

Lundu, Sematan for cross-border tourism

THE Lundu-Sematan area has great potentials to be developed into cross-border tourism. “The Biawak-Aruk and Telok Melano-Temajuk borders are entry and exit points for foreign tourists, especially those from Kalimantan, Indonesia,” said Tourism, Arts and Culture Assistant Minister Datuk Sebastian Ting. He was replying to a question by Datuk Amar Jamilah