WEARING FACE MASK IN PUBLIC PLACES KUCHING: Police issued 17 compound notices to individuals for not wearing face masks in public places on Wednesday. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a statement said, Kuching recorded the most compounds issued with nine, followed by Samarahan and Simunjan with three each,
PADAWAN: A local man and two foreigners were arrested for violating the standard operating procedures (SOPs) at Jalan Tondong, Batu Kawa on Tuesday. Padawan District police chief, Supt Aidil Bolhassan said that the trio — aged between 23 and 34 years old — were arrested in a raid conducted at
KUCHING: A motorcyclist was killed in an accident at Jalan Kampung Nangka/Pinang in Kota Samarahan, at 6.20pm on Tuesday. State Traffic Investigation and Enforcement chief Supt Alexson Naga Chabu said the deceased, identified as Dublin Andrew Ajan, 57, was from Kampung Entingan, Kota Samarahan. “The victim was heading home after
KUCHING: An attempt to smuggle various controlled goods worth RM1,337 was thwarted by General Operations Force (GOF) personnel at a ‘rat trail’ in Kampung Mongkos last Saturday. According to a GOF spokesperson, a team, comprising six GOF members, arrived at the location to do an inspection around 2.30pm. “A suspicious
PADAWAN: A man was nabbed for online gambling activities in an anti-gambling operation codenamed Ops Dadu raid on Tuesday (August 11). According to Padawan district police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan the suspect, aged 27, was arrested at a shoplot in commercial centre at Jalan Belatok, around 8.35pm. “A Condor branded
TANJUNG MANIS: Three crew members of a Vietnamese fishing boat including the captain were arrested in Sarawak waters, 33 nautical miles north of Tanjung Sirik around 10.45am on Monday (August 10). The arrests of the men, aged between 19 and 54, were made by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (Maritime
KUCHING: The public have urged local authorities to be stricter with eateries that got caught running unhygienic operations and premises. Recently, a production house for a bakery was ordered to close down after the Ministry of Health (MoH) found the premises unhygienic. An enforcement team from MoH went to inspect
KUCHING: Lazada is having a ‘Buy Malaysia’ and ‘Penjana Shop Malaysia Online’ campaigns in partnership with the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (MDTCA) and Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC). The initiatives are aimed at supporting local Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and products as well as spur the
SIBU: Sibu Hospital is currently looking for kin or family members of a male patient known as Nordin Yaacob. According to a statement received from the hospital, the 59-year-old patient was found unconscious and sent to the hospital via ambulance on July 28. The patient has now completed treatment and
KUCHING: Some 62 vendors from India Street Pedestrian Mall received their QR codes from Qmunity Group at India Street here on Monday (August 10). President of India Street Pedestrian Mall, Datuk Wee Hong Seng, said the vendors requested for QR codes from the tracking application so that it is easier
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