SIBU, April 19 — A man with disabilities was found dead, believed to have died from smoke inhalation, after a fire broke out in a room at an inn along Jalan Tukang Besi here. The Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba), in a statement, identified the deceased as Johnathan Goh, 43. The department said that following […]
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SIBU, April 12 — A woman was killed after the car she was driving crashed into a tree at Lorong Lanang 61, Jalan Lanang here at midnight last night. Sibu Zone Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) chief Andy Alie said the victim, aged 46, died on the spot in the accident and her body was
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mdroji@bh.com.my Kuching: Hujan lebat membantu meringankan beban pasukan penyelamat memadam kebakaran belukar seluas 16.4 hektar di Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman, di sini, hari ini. Berikutan hujan yang bermula sejak tengah hari itu, operasi pemadaman yang berlarutan selama tiga hari ditamatkan pada jam 4.03 petang ini. Jurucakap Pusat Gerakan Operasi (PGO) Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat Malaysia
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SIBU, March 27 — The Magistrates’ Court here has sentenced a 23-year-old man to four months in prison for injuring his girlfriend’s ex-husband with a knife. Magistrate Romario Jonoi meted out the sentence after Maxwell Milak pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 324 of the Penal Code, which provides for imprisonment of up to
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SIBU, March 13 — A 24-year-old local man who allegedly caused a seven-vehicle collision along Jalan Wong Soon Kai here yesterday night has tested positive for drugs. Acting Sibu police chief Supt Boniface Bajai said the suspect, who was driving a Toyota Vios, was detained following the accident, which occurred at about 9.55pm yesterday. Preliminary investigations
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KUCHING, March 10 — The Court of Appeal has upheld the death sentences imposed on the Klang Valley couple involved in the 2020 Sibu ‘suitcase murder’. A three-member panel led by Justice Datuk Wong Kian Kheong, sitting with Datuk Alwi Abdul Wahab and Datin Paduka Evrol Mariette Peters, unanimously dismissed the appeal by Cheung Chai
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SIBU, Feb 23 — Authorities have deferred plans to allow shop owners to re-enter the collapsed shophouse at Jalan Pahlawan here to retrieve valuables after a preliminary assessment by the Public Works Department (JKR) deemed the structure critically unsafe, said Datuk Michael Tiang. The Sarawak Deputy Minister of Public Health, Housing and Local Government revealed
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SIBU, Feb 20 — More buildings in Sibu could collapse unless the Sibu Municipal Council (SMC) implements urgent and comprehensive flood mitigation measures to prevent structural failures, warned Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing. He said that following the collapse of a corner-lot building at Jalan Pahlawan on February 13,
Sibu: Polis sedang giat menjalankan siasatan bagi mengenal pasti motif dan suspek yang terlibat dalam kejadian pintu kaca pecah dipercayai ditembak di sebuah bank di Jalan Lanang, dekat sini, hari ini. Ketua Polis Daerah Sibu ACP Zulkipli Suhaili dalam kenyataan berkata hasil pemeriksaan pihaknya di tempat kejadian menemukan satu kelongsong peluru dan satu butir peluru
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mdroji@bh.com.my Kuching: Satu kejadian runtuhan bangunan membabitkan deretan kedai dilaporkan berlaku di Jalan Pahlawan, Sungai Merah, di Sibu, awal pagi tadi. Pusat Gerakan Operasi (PGO) Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat Malaysia (JBPM) Sarawak, menerima panggilan kecemasan berhubung kejadian itu pada jam 2.46 pagi sebelum sepasukan anggota dari Balai Bomba dan Penyelamat (BBP) Sungai Merah digerakkan ke
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Sibu: Polis menjalankan siasatan lanjut bagi mengenal pasti punca sebenar kejadian tiga kanak-kanak lemas di sebuah kolam kumbahan di belakang flat perumahan Blok M, Sibu Jaya, di sini, petang semalam. Ketua Polis Daerah Sibu ACP Zulkipli Suhaili berkata pemeriksaan awal mendapati tiada sebarang kecederaan luaran pada tubuh mangsa dan setakat ini tiada unsur jenayah dikesan.
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SIBU, Jan 4 — The water level at Nanga Lemai B station here breached the danger level as of 5pm today. According to data shared by the Department of Irrigation and Drainage’s (DID) Public InfoBanjir website, the station recorded a reading of 4.33 metres, surpassing the danger threshold of 3.8 metres. However, there was no
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