SIBU: A jobless man who allegedly snatched a woman’s handbag thought he could get away easily. But he was wrong when the woman alerted members of the public with her loud shout. Several people gave chase and they managed to apprehend him. Sibu district police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit
Seven-day release for five until Dec SIBU: Five inmates at the Sibu Central Prison have been granted a seven-day licensed prisoner release (PBSL) until Dec 30. The prison director Azhar Ahmad said yesterday that the programme was one of the ways of rehabilitating prisoners through the involvement of the community,
DALAT: Volunteers Smartphone Patrol (VSP) will be introduced in Sekuau Resettlement Scheme starting in January next year. Sibu Rural District Council member (SRDC) Councillor Henry Kanyan Vincent Rawing said Sekuau residents could register their mobile phone numbers in the VSP to enable them to become ‘police partners’ to curb crime
SIBU: Semop assemblyman Abdullah Saidol has lodged a police report over a posting in a Facebook page which he claimed had defamed him. Sibu district police chief, ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said Saidol, who is also Assistant Minister in Chief Minister’s Department (Corporate Affairs and Sarawak Public Communications Unit) lodged
MACAU SCAMS SIBU: A teacher and a clerk lost a total of RM209, 907 in two separate Macau scams recently. Sibu district police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said both victims had transferred their hard earned money to the scammers as fear tactic was used against them. In the first
SIBU: Asia No. 1 and World No.2 tower runner Soh Wai Ching wants to form a team to compete in tower runs around the world. Therefore, he is issuing a challenge to participants at the Sibu Tower Run 2020 to beat him to the title. The organiser, Methodist Pilley Institute
SIBU: A teenager succumbed to serious injuries after a motorcycle he was riding collided with a car in Bintangor yesterday. The deceased has been identified as Akmal Muhama Raperi,18, of Kpg Darul Falah, Sungai Gemuan. His 14-year old brother, Mohd Saiful who was riding pillion, sustained a broken left thigh
SIBU: Life for residents of two longhouses in Igan is back to normal after the Sessions Court yesterday ordered the cement-block blockade set up at one of two access roads to their longhouses be temporarily lifted. The blockade set up by the landowner on Dec 3 had caused much inconveniences
SIBU: SMK Sibu Jaya students did their school, the Sibu Jaya township and Central Region proud when they lifted 15 golds and 11 silvers at the Sarawak Games (Suksar) weightlifting events. The Central Region targeted 20 golds with the weightlifters expected to get at least half of the target. The
Man, 34, acquitted of drug trafficking charge SIBU: A 34-year-old man shed tears of happiness after he was discharged and acquitted by the High Court for trafficking dangerous drugs. Pau Chu Thong of Mukah could not hide his happiness upon hearing the verdict passed by Justice Supang Lian. He was
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