KOTA KINABALU: A syndicate that purportedly promised it could close graft cases being investigated by the authorities has been busted by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC). Six men and a woman, who posed as MACC and Home Ministry personnel, are believed to have cheated victims of hundreds of thousands of ringgit by offering to “settle” cases. “They...
KOTA KINABALU: A process of “deduction and elimination” helped wildlife rangers pick out and kill a man-eating crocodile in Tawau. Sabah Wildlife Department director Augustine Tuuga said the rangers were surveying the crocodile-infested area around Kg Sungai Mas Mas for a while and zoomed in on the largest reptile in the area. The rangers shot the crocodile...
KOTA KINABALU: When paraglider pilot Chris Lammert came to work last Monday (July 17), he expected the usual crowd of eager young clients to do tandem paragliding at Lohan, Ranau. Paragliding is an adventurous recreational activity and aerial sport that involves the pilot sitting on a harness when flying using a glider, whereas tandem paragliding means...
KOTA KINABALU: Sanis Baidis had always wanted to go on a vacation with his wife ever since he went into retirement in 2008. They could have gone on that getaway straightaway when he retired from a construction job that year but Sanis put off the plans to do some private work and run a small business...
KOTA KINABALU: Thirty-six volunteer divers braved strong winds and choppy seas to retrieve trash in an underwater clean-up at the Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park, some 3km from here. And not only did the divers collect some 105kg of rubbish consisting primarily of plastic bottles and packaging, they also freed marine life stuck in illegal fish...
KOTA KINABALU: The three students who won a landmark High Court suit against their teacher for failing to turn up for seven months in 2017 want this to be a lesson to all teachers and a motivation for students to speak up when their rights are violated. In thanking her lawyer Sherzali Herza Asli and everyone...
