Author: Connie Chieng

KUCHING: Some villagers placed an Indonesian man under citizen’s arrest and then beat him up yesterday morning, sparking off more misunderstanding between an oil palm plantation and the folk of Kampung Melano in Simunjan. The incident occurred on Monday morning when a security guard of the said plantation who patrolled the

KUCHING: The Women Wing of Gabungan Parti Sarawak (Wanita GPS) will hold a public dialogue at Kuching City South Council (MBKS) auditorium this Saturday beginning at 9.00am. The dialogue is open to the public and admission is free. The public dialogue is a joint collaboration and initiative by the 4

KUCHING: Pending assemblywoman Violet Yong has a few harsh words for the authorities, saying SK Kenyalang has always been given a raw deal. She said the school is rundown and many basic facilities there need repair or upgrading. She said the sorry condition of the school showed that it had

KUCHING: An afternoon fire in kampong Tembawang Sauh very nearly burnt a house to the ground but for the quick action of firemen. Four members of a family managed to escape to safety when they saw smoke billowing from an upper floor at about 12.40pm. No one was injured in

KUCHING: An Indonesian woman, 36, was stabbed on her head, neck and stomach by a fellow Indonesian at about 1am yesterday at the Stutong Commercial Centre in Jalan Setia Raja here. Kuching police chief ACP Awang Din Awang Gani said the victim, who was working in a coffee shop at

KUCHING: A man reported missing by family members was found dead in a rented apartment in Jalan Song here. The man — an engineer surnamed Sim from Jalan Arang — left a suicide note in Mandarin, telling family members not to hold anyone responsible for his death. Family members had put up

KUCHING: A house owner and his nine-year-old daughter were rudely awakened after two masked intruders armed with knives forced open their bedroom door at Taman Merlin, Kota Samarahan early Monday morning. Both the father and daughter had their hands and ankles tied before the intruders made off with at least

KUCHING: A foreigner had attempted to jump from the ledge of his 3rd floor hotel room at Kuching waterfront here yesterday at 9.50 am. The 32-year-old Mongolian was seen by members of the public who called the firemen for help. The firemen tried to persuade him but he did not

KUCHING: A 67-year-old fishmonger not only lost more than RM40,000 worth of properties including cash and gold, but his car was also used as a getaway in broad daylight in a break-in on Saturday, said Bau police chief DSP Poge Nyaon. Poge said the victim returned home from work at

KUCHING: Several thousand villagers from Kg Mambong to Kg Bangau will be affected by floodwaters if rain fell for a few hours — unless the authority concerned builds a bigger U-shaped culvert. Sanjan Daik, political secretary to Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Deputy Minister Chong Chieng Jen, said there were two