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- 18-month jail for assault and threat
- Woman killed when car hits road divider and giant vase
- Two suspects in grocery shop robbery held
- 482 fire-related deaths recorded as of June 6
- Fire stations asked to prepare for El-Nino
| Posted: 10 Jun 2014 12:43 PM PDT Posted on June 11, 2014, Wednesday
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| 18-month jail for assault and threat Posted: 10 Jun 2014 12:42 PM PDT KUCHING: Threatening his biological father and assaulting his adopted brother while intoxicated last month landed a man in jail for a stay of 18 months. Magistrate Zulhairil Sulaiman meted out the punishment after the accused person Mohamad Kamil Wahab, 34, pleaded guilty to the offences. He admitted threatening to kill his father Wahab Zen, 73, and voluntarily causing hurt to his adopted brother Mokshen Yasin, 20, with a knife. The offences were committed in the father's house at Kampung Bintawa Tengah in Petra Jaya here around 3pm on May 29. Around 7pm that day, he went to Mokshen's house and acted aggressively towards him, injuring his shoulder and left elbow with a knife. Kamil was sentenced to six months' jail for intimidation, under Section 506 of the Penal Code, and 12 months' jail for assault under Section 324 of the same code. The court ordered the jail terms to run consecutively. Inspector Yunus Sahak prosecuted while Kamil was not represented. |
| Woman killed when car hits road divider and giant vase Posted: 10 Jun 2014 12:41 PM PDT MIRI: A woman died on-the-spot after her car rammed a road divider and a giant vase located in the middle of Pujut 3 roundabout at about 2am yesterday. The victim identified as Viroul Kaur, 39, from Tudan here was said to have been travelling alone in a old model white Proton Saga when she lost control of the vehicle and rammed a giant vase. The impact threw the victim backward towards the bonnet, breaking her legs. An eyewitness who wished to be known only as Shaiful, in his 30s, said he was driving in the vicinity when he noticed the victim's car spin a few times before ramming a road divider and the giant vase. A policeman on patrol duty along Jalan Miri-Pujut area spotted the vehicle and stopped to inspect. The body was taken to Miri Hospital for a post-mortem. Miri police chief, ACP Gan Tian Kee when contacted confirmed receiving a report on the case. Police are investigating. We encourage commenting on our stories to give readers a chance to express their opinions; please refrain from vulgar language, insidious, seditious or slanderous remarks. While the comments here reflect the views of the readers, they are not necessarily that of Borneo Post Online. Borneo Post Online reserves the right not to publish or to remove comments that are offensive or volatile. Please read the Commenting Rules. |
| Two suspects in grocery shop robbery held Posted: 10 Jun 2014 12:40 PM PDT MIRI: Police personnel from the Crime Investigation Department (CID) here on Monday arrested two men believed to be involved in a robbery case in Pujut Padang Kerbau. They were nabbed at about 1.50am. Both suspects in their 20s were said to have robbed a grocery shop also in Pujut Padang Kerbau and fled the scene RM 700 richer. Both suspects had been detained in Miri Central Police Station (CPS) for investigation. Meanwhile, in an unrelated incident, a 25-year-old man suffered head injuries when the car he was travelling in with a friend collided with a van at Pujut 4 here at about 4.30am yesterday. His friend was unhurt while the van driver suffered minor injuries. The victim is being treated at the Intensive Care Unit of Miri Hospital. Police are investigating the cause of the accident. We encourage commenting on our stories to give readers a chance to express their opinions; please refrain from vulgar language, insidious, seditious or slanderous remarks. While the comments here reflect the views of the readers, they are not necessarily that of Borneo Post Online. Borneo Post Online reserves the right not to publish or to remove comments that are offensive or volatile. Please read the Commenting Rules. |
| 482 fire-related deaths recorded as of June 6 Posted: 10 Jun 2014 12:39 PM PDT KUCHING: The Fire and Rescue Department has dealt with a total of 42,684 fire and rescue operations as of June 6 this year which involved 482 deaths. Its deputy director-general (development) Datuk Amer Yusof said the highest number of deaths occurred in Selangor, followed by Johor and Perak. "Of the 42,684 cases, 31,335 were fire-related cases, 3,350 involved rescue operations and 7,821 special rescue operations," he told reporters after officiating at the 25th National-Level Bomba Cadets Camp at Pusat Kokurikulum Kem Santubong yesterday. "Bush fire constitutes 20,583 cases. The rest were fires to building (properties) with 2,050 cases and others (8,700 cases). This year's figures surpass cases in the corresponding period last year." In Sarawak, the number of emergency calls received during the same period was 1,938 cases which recorded 49 deaths. He said the number of cases received nationwide had increased during the period – 30,000 cases on average – but the number recorded as of June 6 this year were 31,000 cases. Amer acknowledged that the weather certainly played a role in contributing to the number of bushfires in the country. He said at the height of bush fires last year, more than 500 calls were received compared to about 300 on other days. Selangor recorded the highest number followed by Terengganu and Pahang. Earlier in his speech to some 640 Bomba Cadets from various schools in the country, Amer said that programme organised by them and the Education Department was meant to generate a fire safety culture among young people and to raise awareness on how to control and prevent fire from spreading. He said the programmes would allow the cadets to have knowledge and skills in the event of an emergency. He hoped they would spread the knowledge to their friends and families. Carrying the theme 'Catalyst for Strengthening the Safety Culture on Fire' (Pemangkin Pengukuhan Budaya Keselamatan Kebakaran), 159,963 cadets from 1,428 secondary schools nationwide participate in the five-day national camp which will end on June 13. Of the total, 12,526 Bomba Cadets from 97 secondary schools came from Sarawak. During the programme, the cadets will be involved in seven drills to include foot drill, challenging aspects, marching, brain and brawn challenge, cadet challenge, alliance and knot rope. Bomba assistant general director of training section Mohamad Hamdan Wahid, State Bomba director Nor Hisham Mohamad, State Education Department head of human resource management Ellen Engang, State Education Department head of school curricullum Abit Hong were among those who were present at the function. |
| Fire stations asked to prepare for El-Nino Posted: 10 Jun 2014 12:38 PM PDT KUCHING: The state Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) has issued memos to all fire stations to prepare for the El-Nino weather phenomenon. Bomba state director Nor Hisham Mohamad said this is to mobilise officers to plan staff activities and work schedules. "We have prepared our machinery, firefighting equipment, to be in working order for emergencies and to give instructions to our engineering division to inspect what we have," he told a press conference at the 25th national-level Bomba Cadet Camp 2014 in Santubong, near here yesterday. "Apart from that, Bomba is issuing leaflets on open burning to the public and estate plantations." Nor Hisham said all fire stations would also be instructed to recruit volunteer firefighters, who would need to be ready for action and work with all other agencies in the state when required. Currently there are 35 teams of registered volunteer firefighters in the state. Nor Hisham said Bomba has built two stations at Kampung Bako Indah and Kampung Long Pilah for volunteers and hoped more would be built to assist Bomba statewide. "These volunteers now have a total of 19 vehicles statewide — 16 Proton Arenas and three Mitsubishi Tritons — to assist them in putting out fires and for rescue operations," he added. Last year, the volunteers dealt with 30 cases, while up to April this year, the volunteers had dealt with 37 cases. As of last month, a total of 1,244 fire cases were reported, 891 of which were caused by open burning. Total loss caused by fire in term of assets up to last month was estimated at RM39.8 million, while Bomba managed to save an estimated RM156.32 million worth of assets. |
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