Author: Connie Chieng

KUCHING: Padawan police see lower crime rates this year in terms of house break-ins and thefts during the festive season when most residents ‘balik kampong’, said Padawan police deputy chief DSP Merbin Lisa. When contacted by New Sarawak Tribune, Merbin said his men went on a community project distributing forms

KUCHING: Villagers at Kampung Simuti, Padawan near here are hoping that a newly-constructed multi-purpose hall in the village can be completed by the end of the year. According to the chairman of the Village Development and Security Committee (JKKK) Marik Endom, the double-storey multi-purpose hall, measuring 48 feet wide and

KUCHING: Rabies has claimed its18th victim in the state when the latest case, Rianni died in the Sarawak General Hospital here at 10.47 Wednesday night. Rianni, aged 62 was attacked by a stray dog late last month while walking back from work in her housing area in Pending Heights here.

KUCHING: Bau police managed to recover a 4WD vehicle within hours after it was reported stolen from a housing estate at Riveria, Kota Samarahan on Wednesday evening. Two policemen were on their patrol rounds at Simpang Padang Pan yesterday morning when they saw the driver of a 4WD vehicle behaving

KUCHING: Search and Rescue (SAR) personnel have found the remains of Jam Jayan in a rubber plantation across the Spak river in Betong yesterday afternoon. Jam, aged 63 who was suffering from dementia, had escaped from his house at Rumah Anji, Mupuh Baroh Spak, Betong last Saturday. The SAR team

KUCHING: A policeman is in semi-conscious state after he was operated on at the Sarawak General Hospital here on Wednesday. The 22-year- old from Bukit Aman who was attached to Kuching, was found unconscious at 1am along Kampung Astana road on Wednesday. He was sent to the Sarawak General Hospital by members of

KUCHING: A 63-year old man who suffers from dementia is reportedly lost in the jungle at Rh Anji, Mupuh Baroh Spak, Betong since last Saturday afternoon. Jam Jayan, who was locked in the house, had managed to escape from the back door. The family has lodged a police report at

KUCHING: A shop owner who went to check on a tenant found him dead and in a decomposed state in his bedroom yesterday morning. The shop owner said he had rented out the second floor of his shop to the deceased, identified as Nazlan Abd Rahim, 57, and other tenants. He

KUCHING: Seventy per cent of a recycling centre at Ong Tiang Swee Road here was razed by a fire on Tuesday night. Twelve firemen from the Batu Lintang Fire and Rescue Station rushed to the centre at about 10.30pm after being informed about the incident. They had the fire under