KOTA KINABALU: A lorry driver was sentenced by the Sandakan Sessions Court on Tuesday (Nov 12) to a total of 14 years in jail and two strokes of the cane for raping his underage girlfriend. Judge Zaini Fishir @ Fisal meted the sentence to Mohd Zaman Kamrud Zaman, 20, after he pleaded guilty to two counts...
KOTA KINABALU: A 15-year-old girl, who was reported missing in Penampang, had apparently returned to her mother's house in Sandakan. Nor Sahira Sakinah Abdullah, who was staying with her aunt at Taman Regency in Penampang, was reported missing on Wednesday (Sept 11). Penampang district police chief Deputy Supt Sammy Newton said the aunt retracted her report at...
KOTA KINABALU: A man and a woman died in a collision between a five-tonne lorry and a car in Sandakan early on Saturday (Aug 24). In the fatal mishap, the identities of the deceased have yet to be ascertained. The accident occurred around 9am along Mile 17 Gum-Gum Road. Three others, comprising a man and two women...
KOTA KINABALU: A man was rescued by firemen while attempting to jump off the first floor of the Duchess of Kent Hospital in Sandakan on Wednesday (Aug 14) evening. Sabah Fire and Rescue Services Department senior assistant fire commander Mohd Ishak Amran said a distress call about a suicide attempt was received from the hospital at...
KOTA KINABALU: A 23-year-old man has been charged, together with two others who are still on the run, with murdering the son of a restaurant owner in the Sandakan district. The suspect, Mohamad Zulfaizzie Hanafie Bin Mohd Firdaus, 23, was charged at the Sandakan Magistrate's Court on Monday (Aug 12) In a statement on Monday (Aug 12),...
FOR most parents, seeing their child dashing across a road would count as a moment where they'd drop everything and rush to save them from potential harm - putting their own life on the line if they have to. Recently, a video went viral of a woman and a toddler being hit by car and it...
KOTA KINABALU: A man was killed after ammonia gas leaked at an ice manufacturing factory in Sandakan. Sandakan OCPD Asst Comm Abdul Fuad Abd Malek said prior to the 10am incident yesterday, a group of seven people were carrying out maintenance on one of the machines. “During the repair works, one pipe burst and ammonia gas from...
KOTA KINABALU: An elderly couple from Sabah drifted all the way into Philippines waters after their boat ran out of fuel. Asibih Tamang, 73, and his wife Fatima Ulo, 65, were travelling from Kampung Batu Putih to their daughter's house in Kampung Terusan Sugut, located some 41 nautical miles away and takes about two hours by...
KOTA KINABALU: The Agriculture and Food Security Ministry has urged people to stop sharing a video alleging that "plastic rice" was sold at a supermarket in Sandakan. In giving his assurance that a full probe was under way, its Deputy Minister Chan Foong Hin said the authorities will not tolerate attempts to create public anger over...
KOTA KINABALU: A Sandakan homeowner found a huge snake inside his chicken coop on Tuesday (Sept 26). Sandakan Civil Defence officer Sulaiman Salama said their officials arrived at the scene at Taman Mawar, around 6.57am to capture the three-metre long reptile which weighed a hefty 25kg. "The python was taken out of the chicken coop safely and...
