Category: Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

Cops smash notorious gang in KK

KOTA KINABALU: A notorious armed robbery gang has been smashed by police after several members were nabbed in a series of raids. Dubbed “Geng Hitam”, its 25-year-old mastermind known as Hitam was arrested after a high speed car chase in Kampung Likas two days ago.

Sabah UMNO Wanita Able To Make Impact On Community – Musa Aman

KOTA KINABALU, Feb 11 — Sabah UMNO Wanita is capable of making an impact on the people when delivering government policies due to their presence and persistence at the grassroot level. Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman said UMNO Wanita, especially in Sabah, was well-known for their attitude of hard work and high powered party causes.

Malaysia capsize survivor tells of hanging on to friend’s body

Police coast guards escort a Chinese tourist rescued after the boat sank off the coast of Borneo, at a port in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. Photo: Reuters Chinese tourist Fan Li Xia and other passengers held on to the body of a dead friend for as long as they could as they trod water after a catamaran capsized in the cold waters of the South China Sea.

Sabah boat mishap: China satisfied with rescue efforts

Chen with Pang speak to the media after a press conference on Sunday over the boat mishap. – Bernama pic KOTA KINABALU: China’s Consul-General in Sabah Chen Peijie has expressed satisfaction with search and rescue efforts following the capsize of a boat carrying Chinese tourists off Sabah on Saturday.

6 Chinese tourists missing after boat sinks off Malaysia

Three people died, six are missing and nearly two dozen were rescued after a catamaran carrying Chinese tourists sank in Malaysian waters, officials said Sunday. The boat carried 31 people, including 28 tourists from China, and was sailing Saturday from Kota Kinabalu to Pulau Mengalum, a popular tourist island, some 37 miles west to Kota Kinabalu, according to the Chinese consulate in Kota Kinabalu, the state capital.

Most of 31 on board missing Malaysian boat reported rescued

More than two dozen people were rescued Sunday more than a day after a boat carrying Chinese tourists disappeared in Malaysian waters, officials and local media said. The captain and a crew member made it to safety earlier Sunday while authorities said others may be drifting in the water waiting to be rescued.

Boat with 31 mostly Chinese tourists missing in Malaysia

Chinese state media say a boat carrying 31 people, including more than 20 Chinese tourists, is missing after sailing out from an eastern Malaysian city. The official Xinhua News Agency cited the Chinese Consulate General in Kota Kinabalu in the Malaysian state of Sabah as saying Sunday that the boat lost contact after sailing out on Saturday.

Nine states hit by floods, thousands evacuated

Rising waters: Officers and volunteers evacuating a family whose house was hit by floods at Kampung Sungai Payong in Perak. – Bernama PETALING JAYA: Floods have affected almost all the states in the country, with thousands of people having to be evacuated to relief centres.

Sabahans mourn death of ‘Borneo hero’ Adenan

KOTA KINABALU: The sudden death of Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem came as a shock to many in neighbouring Sabah as they looked at him as a champion of state rights for the two east Malaysian states. Always held in high regard for a firm stand for better deals for Sarawak and, by extension Sabah, under the Malaysia Agreement, both Sabah Barisan Nasional and Opposition leaders looked at him as a “Borneo hero”.

Jailed, fined for hitting brother

Kota Kinabalu: A 37-year-old local man, who hit his younger brother with a gas stove during a drinking session in Penampang last year was jailed 10 months and fined RM2,000 or four months’ jail on Tuesday. Unemployed Damian Duni admitted before Magistrate Stephanie Sherron Abbie to causing hurt to one Lazarus Duni, 32, with the stove at 11.30pm on Nov 13, 2016 in a house at Kampung Moyog.