KUCHING: A viral social media post in which a mother claimed an unknown person attempted to abduct her child at Plaza Merdeka here on Thursday has caught the attention of fellow netizens. According to the post on Facebook, the pregnant mother claimed the kidnap attempt on her child happened while
My first encounter with Tasik Biru was in 1972, when I began my secondary education at SMK Lake, a school named after this lake. The road to the school passes by the edge of the lake, which was known as Tai Parit Lake then, named after the former goldmine, Tai
A multi-billion dollar hydro-electric power plant on the Mekong river in Laos was officially switched on Tuesday, as drone images of dried-up downstream areas stirred fresh outcry on one of the world’s great rivers. The Thai-owned Xayaburi dam has been a lightning rod for criticism even before construction began in
The heap of plastic shards, bottles and bags in the garden behind the house is a kind of cry for help. Just a few kilometres from the tourist beaches on the Tunisian island of Djerba, it screams up at the sky like a colossal SOS. But there are no tourists
Skoda is readying its next Octavia for a launch in the first half of 2020 after a world premiere in mid-November. Arriving first as an estate and later as a notchback, the Czech cousin of the VW Golf will again be built on Volkswagen’s modular MQB platform, while at the
KUCHING: The Wetland Waterfront project to be constructed in Batu Kawa is set to complete its first phase by April 2020. The project was previously committed by the Barisan Nasional federal government but was plagued by uncertainties amidst the sweeping changes in Putrajaya after the 14th general election. Padawan Municipal Council
MIRI: A 24-year-old man from Bandar Baru Permyjaya pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl at two separate locations. The unemployed accused is charged with two counts of sexual assault. The offences are alleged to have occurred on March 26 this year. The accused was produced at the
MIRI: Five men aged between 15 to 41 years including one with a ‘Datuk’ title were apprehended by the police in connection with a fight that broke out inside a bistro at Jalan North Yu Seng here recently. Miri police chief ACP Lim Meng Seah who confirmed the arrest said
BAU: A man has been arrested during a raid at a premises in Kampung Bidi near here for running illegal gambling activities. The raid was carried out at 6.15pm on Wednesday. Bau district police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said the 37-year-old suspect was held by a team of police from
KUCHING: A 21-year-old man was injured following a car crash at Simpang Tiga, Tanjung Manis here early yesterday morning. State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) spokesman said the department received a distress call regarding the incident at 4am and deployed firefighters from Tanjung Manis station to the scene. Upon arrival,
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