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Losses justify call to put out fires first

Posted: 25 Aug 2014 12:46 PM PDT

by Peter Boon, reporters@theborneopost.com. Posted on August 26, 2014, Tuesday

SIBU: The RM21 million losses from 12 longhouse fires is justification enough for the call on longhouse residents to give priority to learning to put out fires.

"Yes, if the fire (from our own judgement) can be extinguished and controlled from spreading… that becomes the priority."

State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) director Nor Hisham Mohammad said yesterday when responding to a recent call by Julau MP Datuk Joseph Salang for longhouse people to get trained in firefighting.

Salang said they should give priority to putting out fires together rather than rushing to salvage personal belongings.

"This is good knowledge stressed by an important person," remarked Nor Hisham, who pointed out that fire safety needed to be given top priority by village security and development committee (JKKK).

"The trained personnel of JKKK can play an important role to coordinate the occupants during a fire outbreak," he added.

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Motorcyclist survives collision with car

Posted: 25 Aug 2014 12:45 PM PDT

Posted on August 26, 2014, Tuesday

SIBU: A man suffered multiple injuries on his body and face when his motorcycle collided with a car at Teng Chin Hua Road yesterday morning.

The victim surnamed Hii, in his 60s, had gone to see a doctor before the incident struck at 8am. He was returning to his Ulu Sungai Merah home when the collision occurred, flinging him from his machine. He passed out and was sent by an ambulance to Sibu Hospital where he was admitted. His condition is said to be stable.

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Suspect’s fiancée remanded in connection with shooting at Soon Koh’s house

Posted: 25 Aug 2014 12:44 PM PDT

SIBU: The fiancée of the man who was among three suspects of the shooting at the house of Second Finance Minister Dato Sri Wong Soon Koh recently, has been detained.

Police are placing the 25-year-old woman under a five-day remand, beginning yesterday, after finding her statement given last Sunday, questionable.

Her fiancé, 29, his 57-year-old partially-paralysed father and another suspect, 26, are still in the lock-up.

The eldest of the three has been placed under remand for another 14 days, following the expiry of an earlier order last Sunday.

A special task force comprising various police departments here and the D6 Interrogation Unit from Kuching has been formed to investigate the case.

In the incident last Wednesday, a shot was fired at Soon Koh's house in Ipoh Road here.

The minister's wife Datin Sri Pauline Leong, son Dato Andrew Wong, daughter-in-law Datin Lily Toh and a few family members were at home when the shooting happened at 8.30pm.

The bullets were only discovered by Soon Koh's family members the morning after. No one was hurt.

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Suspected illegally extracted logs seized

Posted: 25 Aug 2014 12:43 PM PDT

SARIKEI: State Marine Police last Sunday seized a total of 253 timber logs worth about RM90,000 from a timber camp in Loga Semaring, Tanjung Manis near here.

Sarawak Region Marine Police commander ACP Kalai Chelvan Nadarajan said his men, acting on a public tip-off, conducted an operation code-named `Ops Pensura' to check the activity at the camp around 8.45am on that day.

"When my men inspected the timber, they suspected they were illegally extracted as the workers failed to produce valid document from the authority concerned to prove otherwise," he said.

They had handed over the case to the Forest Department for further investigation for an offence under the State Forestry Ordinance, Kalai said.

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Quick-thinking attendant locks up suspect prowling hospital premises

Posted: 25 Aug 2014 12:42 PM PDT

KUCHING: The mystery of missing belongings of patients and staff at Sarawak General Hospital of late has been solved with the arrest of a suspect on Sunday.

The 24-year-old was found hiding behind a door of a pantry room at Level 6 of the hospital by an attendant who went inside to get a drink. The attendant immediately locked the door before notifying the security guard.

An arrest was made and the suspect, who hails from Lundu, was handed over to the police.

The police who went to pick him up immediately recognised him as he was always wandering in the hospital compound.

The police on checking discovered he had taken a few items that belonged to the nurses and patients including a bag, a power bank and some cash.

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2 more cyber gambling dens busted

Posted: 25 Aug 2014 12:41 PM PDT

LIMBANG: Police busted two more cyber gambling dens here last weekend as they intensified their 'Ops Dadu' operation to rid the district of cyber gambling.

In the latest operation, a total of 11 computer sets believed to be installed with online gambling software were seized.

Limbang police chief Supt Moh Bukhori Saffai said two local men believed to be caretakers of the premises were arrested during the raid.

"A team of police from Crime Investigation Department led by Insp Kantharuban Rajoo carried out the 'Ops Dadu' operation on Saturday night at a premises located at Jalan Wong Tsap En and confiscated five computer sets along with cash totalling RM109.

"Meanwhile, another suspected illegal online gambling premises located at Sungai Kudong area was busted, where six computer sets installed with gambling software and cash amounting to RM53 were seized," he told reporters yesterday.

Both men were brought to Limbang Police Headquarters for further investigation. The case will be investigated under Section 4B (a) Open House Gambling Act, 1953.

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