SIBU: Police detained 47 men for their alleged involvement in illegal cockfighting in Pulau Kerto near here on Saturday. Sibu district police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said that the activity was ongoing when an officer and 35 personnel from the 10th Battalion General Operation Force conducted a surprise raid
SIBU: The two-decade old food court, Taman Selera Muhibbah at Jalan Pedada here, will undergo major renovation to make it OKU and mother-friendly. Chairman of Market and Petty Traders of Sibu Municipal Council, Albert Tiang said tender for the renovation works would be called in February. “Works are expected to
SIBU: A vegetable farmer and a jobless man are in police custody for causing mischief by smashing the front windscreens of two cars. Sibu OCPD Asst Com Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said in the first case, which happened at 4.20am on Jan 1 at Jalan Bujang Suntong, the duo, who showed
SIBU: The armed forces regiments in Sabah and Sarawak are being strengthened to enable them to conduct joint operations especially along the Sarawak-Kalimantan border. “We want the two regions to have joint operations where the military and the air force come together to conduct simultaneous operations,” Deputy Defence Minister Liew
SIBU: A woman prison corporal was fleeced of RM2,500 in a love scam here but her plight only came to light after she lodged a police report. Sibu OCPD ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said that the complainant, aged 40, had in November last year got acquainted with a man who
SIBU: A 10-year-old boy drowned in the Bukit Lima Swimming Pool here on Sunday (Dec 30) afternoon. Sibu OCPD, Asst Comm Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said the victim, Brynden Baro Bata, went to the pool at 5.30pm with his mother and sister for a swim. The victim’s mother, who swam in
SIBU: This town is now a peaceful place to live in as it has successfully shed its image as the hotbed for gangsterism. Sibu district police chief, ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said the police had ensured that the town was safe for the people to live in by strictly enforcing
SIBU: Four hundred and four landowners in the Sekuau Resettlement Scheme who are involved in oil palm plantations are disappointed that Felcra has not paid them any dividends for the past two years. Chairman of the Sekuau Village Development and Security Committee (MJKKK) Councillor Henry Kanyan Vincent Rawing said that
SIBU: Sibu Hospital will buy back a soft tissue ultrasonic aspirator machine from a company. It has been renting the machine, which is used to perform brain surgery on cancer patients, from the company for the past one year. The buy-back was possible with a combined donation of RM90,000 from
SIBU: All 400 soldiers of the 31st Brigade Infantry will have to undergo intensive training next year so that they can conduct more effective operations, especially at the Sarawak-Kalimantan border. Its commander Brig-Gen Datuk Johnny Lim Eng Seng told reporters at a Christmas and New Year gathering yesterday that its
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