KOTA KINABALU: What started as a minor traffic accident turned ugly when a man was assaulted on the roadside in Tawau, leading to an arrest two days later. The incident occurred along Batu 3 Road on Tuesday (April 1), when a car collided with the suspect’s vehicle, prompting both drivers to stop. Acting Tawau OCPD Supt Champin...
TAWAU: What was meant to be a festive Raya visit turned into a theft case when a woman allegedly made off with a gold necklace from the home she had just visited. The incident happened at around 3.45pm on Thursday (April 3) at a residence in Taman Pasadena, Batu 2, Jalan Datuk Chong Thien Vun. Tawau OCPD...
KOTA KINABALU: While many scammers are adopting artificial intelligence to carry out their crimes, three men in Tawau opted for a more "traditional" method – pukau, or hypnosis – to make off with their victim's money. The incident took place on Wednesday (March 19) at a 24-hour convenience store on Jalan Haji Karim in Fajar, according...
KOTA KINABALU: A man was allegedly beaten up, threatened and locked in a room by two men in Tawau for getting their relative pregnant. The 27-year-old was called to the house at Kg Merotai Besar by his girlfriend, Tawau OCPD Asst Comm Jasmin Hussin told the media on Friday (Dec 20). He said the man claimed that...
KOTA KINABALU: A jobless man has been arrested for raping his 14-year-old girlfriend in Sabah’s east coast Tawau district. The 23-year-old suspect was picked up by police on Thursday. Tawau OCPD Asst Comm Jasmin Hussin said the arrest was made after the victim’s mother lodged a police report the previous day. In a statement, he said the suspect...
KOTA KINABALU: Two teenage boys were on Thursday (Oct 3) charged in the Tawau Magistrate’s Court for the gang rape of a 12-year-old girl on a farm in the East Coast district last week. However, no plea was taken from the boys, aged 13 and 14, after the charges were read to them before Tawau Court...
KOTA KINABALU: A man has been arrested one day after he tried to rob a woman in a parking lot in Sabah’s east coast Tawau district. The 38-year-old suspect was tracked down and cornered by a team from the district Crime Investigation Department (CID) at Kampung Tanjung Keramat at about 5.40pm on Monday (July 22). “The suspect...
KOTA KINABALU: A school clerk has been detained by graft busters for using her position to secure two contracts worth some RM40,000 for herself and a company linked to her husband in Sabah’s east coast Tawau district. According to a source, the suspect, in her 50s, had allegedly abused her position as an administrative assistant to...
KOTA KINABALU: A man died after falling from a building on Jalan Apas in Tawau. According to Tawau OCPD Asst Comm Jasmin Hussin, the victim – whose identity had yet to be ascertained – was naked. Prior to the incident at noon on Sunday (May 12), the victim was reportedly seen wandering in front of a fast...
KOTA KINABALU: A man with 33 drug and criminal offences on his record was among two suspected burglars arrested in connection with a sundry shop break-in at Sabah's east coast Tawau district. Tawau OCPD Asst Comm Jasmin Hussin said the two suspects, aged 39 and 19, were caught in separate operations in the district on Tuesday...
