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Lumberjack crushed to death by rolling log

Posted: 16 Jan 2014 11:40 AM PST

MIRI: A young lumberjack succumbed to his injuries after a three-tonne log rolled over him at a timber camp in Tinjar Baram about 9am Thursday.

The deceased has been identified as Leonard Joss, 21, from Rumah Dennis at Sungai Ranan in Kanowit.

His remains have been sent to Miri Hospital for a post-mortem. He died on the spot due to the serious injuries sustained.

According to sources, Leonard was standing on the edge of a vessel transporting log with the view to inspect them (logs).

Unfortunately, due to the rough water condition at the time, the vessel was unsteady causing one of the logs to escape the harness and rolled on him (Leonard).

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Nine fined RM250 each for cockfighting

Posted: 16 Jan 2014 11:39 AM PST

SARIKEI: Nine men involved in two separate illegal cockfighting sessions were fined RM250 each after they pleaded guilty to committing the offence which is listed under section 3(1) Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1963.

Prosecuting officer Inspector Anbarasu Gobi told the court that five of them, aged 53 to 83 were arrested by a police party when conducting Ops Dadu near SK Peraja at Ulu Krian in Saratok on Sept 18 last year.

The court fined them RM250 each in default a week's imprisonment.

Four others, aged 28 to 73, were caught during a raid carried out by the police near SK Kabo Hilir, Krian in Saratok on Nov 3 last year.

They were fined RM250 each, in default two weeks' imprisonment.

All of them paid the fine.

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Thieves make off with water pump

Posted: 16 Jan 2014 11:38 AM PST

Posted on January 17, 2014, Friday

SIBU: Two thieves broke into a semi-detached house at Lane 22, Ulu Nang San Road here at about 10am yesterday and carted away a water pump.

The house owner, identified only as Wong, said his wife was in the sitting room when one of the thieves took away the pump from the car porch.

Wong estimated his loss at about RM800.

He said his wife heard some noise but only saw the two men leaving on a motorcycle with the pump when she went out of the house to check.

According to her, the motorcycle carried no number plate.

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Doctor’s house robbed by three men in broad daylight

Posted: 16 Jan 2014 11:36 AM PST

Posted on January 17, 2014, Friday

KUCHING: Three men broke into the house of a doctor at Bukit Antu Jalan Batu Lintang here at 3pm yesterday.

According a police source, the doctor was not in the house at that time and the robbers confronted his wife demanding money and valuables from her.

They left after she handed them RM4,000 and a handphone.

At press time, no arrest has been made and police are still investigating the case.

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Abg Jo hopes law spells end to ‘vanishing act’

Posted: 16 Jan 2014 11:35 AM PST

by Johnson K Saai, reporters@theborneopost.com. Posted on January 17, 2014, Friday

KUCHING: The reinstallation of cables and lightings stolen by thieves to brighten up the city for the current Asean Tourism Forum (ATF) costs the government RM2.3 million.

Tourism Minister Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Openg apparently wasn't amused with that and is hoping that the newly replaced utilities would not vanish again.

Concerned with such problem, he was also looking forward for the implementation of the Second Hand Dealers Act which actually had been extended to Sarawak in July 2011.

"The law has been extended to Sarawak and now it is just a matter of implementation. We are now still working it out with the police but we hope it will be enforced starting this year," he said.

He said hopefully with the implementation of the Second Hand Dealers Act the number of thefts of cables as well as other items can be reduced.

Pointing out that theft of cables was just one of the various social issues affecting bigger towns like Kuching, Sibu, Miri, Bintulu and now Mukah, he said that this is the biggest challenge the government and members of the society have to tackle before the situation gets out of hand.

Abang Johari, who is also Minister of Housing, said the problem if left unchecked could be more crucial within the next 10 years during which the population of urban dwellers is expected to be 70 per cent more than those living in rural areas.

He said in view of this, the government had been working on various strategies and plans to mitigate all potential social problems caused by rapid rural-urban migration.

"The trend now is that there has been growing desire among our people to migrate to towns where there are better infrastructures, greater economic activities and opportunities to get jobs.

"In the process, cultural shock will definitely occur and in some instances there will be those who are unable to cope with the challenges and in the end will be trapped in the new culture," he said.

Thus, he added, the government and the people, particularly non-governmental organisations (NGOs), need to work hand in hand to ensure that such kind of menace will not happen in the state like in some big cities in the region.

"We are already facing some social problems as a result of the negative impact from rural-urban migration. It is not serious but we need to nip it in the bud," he stressed.

He disclosed this when presenting minor rural project (MRP) funds to 13 voluntary bodies and organisations at Wisma Sultan Tengah in Petra Jaya here yesterday, where the recipients were among 15 others receiving total allocation of RM690,000 from him.

According to him, among the efforts to check on social ills as a result of rapid rural-urban migration is to provide counselling to residents in the various new growth areas, apart from trying to create a more conducive environment at home and also outside.."We don't want our society to live in a messy and stressful environment. That is why we have put up a master plan to develop the traditional Malay kampungs right from Boyan to Bintawa using new technology," he said.

However, he stressed, the government's efforts to improve the people's wellbeing would be futile without the support from all members of the society irrespective of religious, racial and political backgrounds.

He added that for Sarawak to be a safe and peaceful state, all its people should work together and try to preserve peace and harmony at all cost.

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SUPP Youth calls blackouts unforgivable

Posted: 16 Jan 2014 11:33 AM PST

KUCHING: Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP) Youth has called the two recent blackouts in Kuching and Sri Aman within a week unforgivable and intolerable.

SUPP Youth secretary-general Wilfred Yap said the power outages caused total chaos for hundreds of thousands of people.

"This is even ironic given the fact that Sarawak is well known for its abundance of renewable energy and the state government has invested a huge sum of money into the development of hydropower plants.

"Our state government is selling affordable renewable energy to attract foreign investors and yet, we can't even get this technical fault solved effectively. We have had some major power outages just last year, people and businesses suffered immensely because of that. Is this going to become a yearly event or a norm that the people have to endure?" he said in a statement yesterday.

Yap stressed that it is crucial to have consistent and reliable power supply in order to promote the state's hydropower and attract foreign investors.

He said since Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB) is the company in charge of power supply, it should prioritise the interests of the public.

"The impact of a major blackout of such magnitude is immense, it affects not only the everyday activities of the people, local businesses, schools, traffic users, etc were in total chaos," he said.

"Chinese New Year is fast approaching, SUPP Central Youth is demanding SEB to give priority to ensuring reliable and consistent power supply throughout the state. The people and business owners will not tolerate another major blackout, especially when everyone is busy preparing and celebrating."

Yap urged SEB to give equal focus to improving the standard of maintenance work on its existing network, especially on the Engkilili 275kV substation, as the past few major blackouts could be traced back to it.

"Not only that, I am also appealing to the state government to come up with a sustainable policy and calculation formula so that those from the commercial sector who suffered losses as a result of the blackout can be compensated accordingly."

Kuching and Sri Aman were hit by power outages on Jan 9 and 14.

SEB chief operating officer Lu Yew Hung said both blackouts were caused by work at its Engkilili 275kV substation.

The blackout on Jan 9 was from 2.36pm to 4.46pm, while the one last Tuesday was from 11.42am to 2.28pm.

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