5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (211+ words) KUCHING, Sept 9: A 21-year-old factory worker was sentenced to 13 years in prison and five strokes of the cane today after pleading guilty to raping a 12-year-old girl in her home. The accused, who was unrepresented, entered his plea before Sessions…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (254+ words) KUCHING, Sept 9: A 17-year-old secondary school student in Kuching lost RM125 after her profile picture was allegedly stolen and used in an Instagram advertisement to lure payments for access to explicit media. The friend made five separate payments via the Boost…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (278+ words) KUCHING, Sep 8: A 51-year-old caregiver has been fined RM5,000 by the Kuching Sessions Court after admitting to mistreating a five-year-old girl with autism who was under her supervision, leaving the child injured. Judge Musli Ab Hamid handed down the fine to…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (159+ words) MIRI, Sept 7: The Sarawak Marine Police Region 5 seized several cartons of cigarettes believed to be untaxed and without Royal Malaysian Customs Department tax stamps during an inspection in Bandar Baru Permyjaya here on Friday (Sept 4). In a TVS news report,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (473+ words) KUCHING, Sept 3: A 71-year-old senior citizen from Kuching lost RM40,000 after falling victim to a Facebook scam offering 10 cans of branded milk powder for RM440. According to Sarawak United People’s Party Public Complaints Bureau (SUPP PCB) chief Milton Fo, the victim came…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (288+ words) SIBU, Sept 3: Police have arrested a 21-year-old local man and woman and seized 8,400 pills suspected to be Erimin 5 and nearly 2.9kg of ketamine in a raid on a house in Jalan Gambir here. In a statement yesterday, Sibu district police said…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (442+ words) KUCHING, Sept 2: Sarawak fully supports the Royal Malaysia Police’s firm action against drug syndicates and respects the police’s discretion in determining the appropriate laws to be applied based on the facts, evidence and circumstances of each case, said Minister for…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (302+ words) KUCHING, Sept 2: Police have arrested eight individuals believed to be involved in an online love scam call centre targeting victims overseas during a raid at an apartment in Jalan Song here. Kuching District Police chief ACP Alexson Naga Chabu said…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (212+ words) KUCHING, Sept 1: A young man’s relationship with a teenage girl he met on TikTok has ended in a four-year prison sentence, after a Sessions Court here convicted him of physically sexually assaulting the then-16-year-old. The 21-year-old, who works as…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (277+ words) SARATOK, Sept 1: A 40-year-old woman was allegedly assaulted and threatened by her own brother in an incident at Kampung Nyabor here recently. Saratok District Police Chief Deputy Superintendent Mathew Manggie said the incident occurred when the victim, who works as…...