SIBU: A jobless man is being held in custody for allegedly assaulting his father using a water hose after he became angry for being told not to disturb workers at a brick factory. The local police chief Assistant Commissioner Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said about 11am last Tuesday the 59-year-old father,
SIBU: A Chinese independent primary school, SJK(C) Kiew Nang, which will be celebrating Teacher’s Day this Friday has suffered a major blow when its canteen was razed to the ground while 70 per cent of its administrative block was destroyed in a fire yesterday. The state Fire and Rescue Department
SIBU: A 52-year-old man was sentenced to two years’ jail by the Magistrate’s Court here yesterday for his involvement in a job scam. The sentence was meted out after the accused Febian Siges, pleaded guilty to a charge framed under Section 420 of the Penal Code. According to the brief
SIBU: Rural areas in Sabah and Sarawak need development as they are far behind those in West Malaysia. DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang, in saying this at a breaking of fast on Friday night, said it is now the objective of the PH government, which has been in administration for
SIBU: An Indonesian shipyard worker is feared to have drowned after he slipped and fell into the Rajang River in Jalan Ulu Lanang here. Sibu OCPD, Asst Comm Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said the 32-year-old victim known as Agus Toni who is from Biltar, Jawa Timur in Indonesia was last seen
SIBU: Police are now trying to locate the whereabouts of a Chinese national whom they believe is a member of a gang bent on cheating locals of their money and jewellery for use in prayer rituals to rid them of bad luck. Sibu police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said
SIBU: A Chinese national was arrested for deceiving a local woman to surrender her jewellery worth RM20,000 as prayer offering to prevent her eldest child from being killed in an accident. Sibu police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said the victim together with her nephew got hold of the suspect
SIBU: Two new roads and a bridge proposed for this town can be constructed at lower costs of between RM70 million and RM100 million instead of RM400 million. Speaking at a press conference here today Pelawan assemblyman David Wong said these roads are from Jalan Wong King Hoe to the
SIBU: Police are on the hunt for an Indonesian man in his 20s. He has been on the run since raping a girl, 14, last December. The teenager is now pregnant. The case came to light on May 6 when the girl complained of tummy ache to her mother. “As
SIBU: The Sessions Court yesterday handed an Indonesian man a jail sentence of 20 years and three months plus four strokes of the cane after he pleaded guilty to raping and illegally entering the country. Maxi Banfantr, who was unrepresented, admitted to having sexual intercourse with the girl under Section
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