KUCHING: An account supervisor lost RM3,900 in a Macau scam on Monday. The 54-year-old female supervisor from Bintulu said that she was contacted by Mohd Yakub, a court officer of the Melaka Court, who stated that the victim owed an amount of RM28,795.75. Fearing that her account was used in
KUCHING: Professionals and politicians were unanimous in welcoming the state’s decision to introduce a 5 percent sales tax on petroleum products in Sarawak beginning January 1 next year. They felt the time was ripe that Sarawak should stop begging from the Federal Government but instead, look at other practical and
KUCHING: Two persons were cheated of their cash through the modus operandi usually used in Macau Scam. In one of the cases, a 30-year-old doctor from Sarawak General Hospital here lost RM14,000 after receiving a call from a man who called himself Sgt. Abizaini bin Moktar from IPK Melaka telling him
KUCHING: Residents staying at Tabuan Heights expressed their strong protest against the construction of the telecommunication tower adjacent to a Sesco Sub Station at Lorong Song 3. Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Public Complaints Bureau chief Wilfred Yap said a total of 127 residents from the residential area asked
KUCHING: Sarawak Housing and Real Estate Developers Association (SHEDA) Kuching Branch Chairman Sim Kiang Chiok has expressed confidence that Budget 2019 will spur property market in the country. “There is this stamp duty exemption for the first RM300,000 on the property transfer letter (surat cara pindah milik) and loan agreement
By Connie Chieng KUCHING: Sarawak Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas, who is also the Chairman of the State Disaster Management Committee, has declared one new rabies outbreak area – Rh. Isa, Nanga Belansai, Sengaih, Julau. Uggah said as this area was outside the 10-km radius of the
KUCHING: Sarawak Head of Commercial Crime Department Supt Mustafa Kamal expressed delight that his tactics to outdo the scammers had worked successfully. He hoped the people will continue to spread the tactics and the phone numbers used by the scammers. When contacted yesterday by New Sarawak Tribune, Mustafa said he
KUCHING: Police arrested three men after a businessman, aged 67, went to report that he was extorted in his house at Mile 10, Jalan Penrissen on Friday night. The victim said at about 7 pm, he was visited by the trio, two of them known to him as Ah Kuang
KUCHING : Sarawakians who voted for the Pakatan Harapan (PH) on May 9 this year are definitely disappointed by the 2019 Federal Budget, said Sarawak United People’s Party Stakan Chairman, Sim Kiang Chiok yesterday. “The big votes for PH which resulted in many surprise losses in the last General Election
KUCHING: Police believed that more attempts were made by scammers to cheat members of the public but not everyone will come forward to report them. Sarawak Head of Commercial Crime, Supt Mustafa Kamal (pic) when contacted said he believed that there could be about 10 or more calls daily but
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