Saturday, 12 April 2025

Author: Danny Wong

PSB leader quits, questions party terms

SIBU: A senior member of Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) has quit the party claiming he was forced to enter an agreement that went against his beliefs to finance his election campaign. Presidential council member Datuk Seri Abang Aditajaya Abang Alwi also withdrew his candidacy for the Kuala Rejang constituency, saying

Time to recognise legally adopted stateless children

SIBU: All stateless children born, abandoned and subsequently legally adopted in Malaysia should now be recognised by the government as Malaysian citizens. An opposition assemblywoman here who raised this matter pinned her hope on the precedent set by a recent Federal Court judgement that a stateless child born and found

Man gets three years for violating court order

SIBU: The Magistrates’ Court here on Friday (Nov 19) sentenced a man to three years’ imprisonment for not maintaining peace and good conduct as ordered. Meor Zakaria Nordin, 25, from Kampung Bahagia Jaya, Jalan Teku pleaded guilty to the charge framed under Section 6(7) of the Dangerous Drugs (Special Preventive

Indonesian worker gets 13 years’ jail for countryman’s death

SIBU: The High Court here today sentenced an oil palm plantation worker to 13 years’ jail for culpable homicide not amounting to murder of his countryman. In his judgement, Judicial Commissioner Christopher Chin Soo Yin found the accused named only as Odang, 33, from Indonesia guilty of the amended charge

Longhouse folk turn up for booster

SIBU: A total of 120 residents from ten longhouses at Nanga Tutus, along Batang Igan near here turned up for their Covid-19 booster shots on Monday (Nov 15). The vaccination centre, set up at SK Nanga Tutus, was manned by staff from the Sibu Health Department. The programme was organised

Man in possession of contraband released after paying RM100k fine

SIBU: The Magistrates’ Court here fined a man RM100,000 in default of six months’ jail for possessing contraband cigarettes. Magistrate Mohd Syukri Mokhtar also directed the accused to pay leviable customs duty due amounting to RM7,680 in default of two weeks’ imprisonment, within two weeks. Mohd Mazlan Mohamad, 32, who

Three youths jailed for stealing motorcycle

SIBU: Three youths were sentenced to two years’ imprisonment by the Magistrates’ Court here for stealing a motorcycle. Randi Daud, 25; Raju Talun, 19, and Chritoper Duri, 22, pleaded guilty to the joint charge on Wednesday (Nov 10) when it was read and explained to them through an interpreter. They

Emulate Sabah and offer booster choice

SIBU: An opposition assemblywoman has called on Sarawak to emulate Sabah and offer people a choice when it comes to Covid-19 booster shots. This is because a majority of 77.7 percent of the Sarawak population inoculated with the Sinovac vaccine for their first and second doses, are still reluctant and

Nine months’ jail for burglar

SIBU: A 32-year-old burglar who broke into a house in Lorong Brooke Drive 22 at 12.45am on Nov 5 and carted away RM2,000 worth of items was on Tuesday (Nov 9) ordered to be put behind bars for nine months by a Magistrates’ Court. The charge against Mohd Khairol Azhar

Escapee gets four months imprisonment

SIBU: A convict who escaped from prison was on Monday (Nov 8) sentenced to four months’ imprisonment and slapped with a fine of RM2,000, in default of two months’ jail by the Magistates’ Court here. Lee Ka Yieng, 49, from Jalan Kuari, Batu 20 was indicted under Section 224 of