Author: Aina Azizah Yeo

Team passes 6 declarations

KUCHING: Seni Khat Action Team (Sekat) has passed six declarations on empowering the national language. Its secretary, Arun Dorasamy said, the Sarawak Voice Declaration was a move at empowering the national language without neglecting the importance of the vernacular languages and schools.   “The national language is the right of all

‘Ops Dadu’ nets three suspects

KUCHING: An anti-gambling operation codenamed ‘Ops Dadu’ last Wednesday (July 1) arrested three suspects for allegedly involved in online gambling. According to Padawan district police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan the three suspects were arrested in two different locations. The first suspect arrested was a 19-year-old female who was arrested at

Search on for victim

PUSA: Betong firefighters, police personnel and villagers are searching for a missing 61-year-old man from Kampung Tampan Pusa. Sarkawi Talip was attacked by a crocodile while collecting rumbia stems at Sungai Undey yesterday afternoon. “The incident happened when the victim was alone and tying the rumbia stems by the riverbank.

Police cut off power supply of seven premises

KUCHING: Seven illegal online gambling premises had their electricity supply cut off on Wednesday. The seven premises comprised five mobile phone accessory shops, a retail store and a small cottage. According to Kuching district deputy police chief Supt Merbin Lisa the operations were conducted by the Criminal Investigation Department of

RMCO violation: 12 arrested at pub

SIBU: Twelve local suspects were detained for violating recovery movement control order (RMCO) in a raid at a pub on Wednesday night (July 1). Sibu district deputy police chief Supt Collin Babat said that the suspects comprising nine males and three females, aged between 20 and 59 years old were,

Contraband beer, truck seized in raid

KUCHING: Police seized 2,880 cans of contraband beer from a truck during a spot check at the Mile 7 traffic light junction at Jalan Stakan yesterday. Padawan district police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan said the raid was conducted by three patrol officers of the Kota Sentosa Police Station after receiving

Three ‘Ah Long’ suspects nabbed

KUCHING: Police crippled an illegal money-lending syndicate or ‘Ah Long’ in an operation codenamed ‘Op Vulture’ last Tuesday. Kuching district deputy police chief Supt Merbin Lisa said three suspects, aged 25, 26 and 35, were arrested and 225 money- lending advertisement posters of various sizes were also seized. “The police

Nabbed for selling imitation face masks

KUCHING: A man was arrested for allegedly selling imitation face masks via online at his premises in a commercial centre in Puchong, Selangor recently. A team from the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP) Putrajaya raided the premises and confiscated 35 boxes of imitation face masks from China

Two suspects arrested for illegal online gambling

PADAWAN: Two suspects were nabbed for online gambling activities in an anti-gambling operation (Ops Dadu) on Tuesday (June 30). According to Padawan OCPD Supt Aidil Bolhassan, the two suspects were arrested in two different locations. The first suspect-a 20-year-old female-was arrested at a shoplot in a commercial centre in Jalan

Asean working on SOPs for travellers

KUCHING: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) for instance, is working on formulating standard operating procedures (SOPs) to facilitate travellers without neglecting essential aspects of health and safety of frontliners. Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri revealed this in a webinar session on ‘Malaysia’s Tourism Embraces