News about Sarawak

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 5): The Malaysiakini news portal has reported that Sarawak governor and former chief minister Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud’s son Mahmud Abu Bekir Taib is being sued for almost RM2.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 1): Two motorcycle assembly plants belonging to DNC Asiatic Holdings Sdn Bhd have been put up for sale, according to a report by The Edge business publication.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 21): Sakto Corp, a Canadian real estate company co-owned and operated by Jamilah Taib Murray, the daughter of Sarawak Governor Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud, has applied to Switzerland's Basel Civil Court to obtain an injunction against Swiss non-governmental organisation Bruno Manser Fonds (BMF).

PETALING JAYA (Aug 15): The smoke from fires in Kalimantan, Indonesia that have recently become worse are blowing into Sarawak, satellite images obtained by the Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department show.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 11): The Housing and Local Government Ministry (KPKT) will introduce a new housing policy in September that would benefit the lower income citizens in East Malaysia, reported Bernama today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 10): Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown disputed Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak's argument that a gag order is necessary to ensure his fair trial.

SIBU (August 6): The Education Ministry has agreed to connect Sarawak schools that were previously powered by generator sets to the grid system, setting aside an allocation of RM400 million, and adding RM35.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 2): Putrajaya will be reviewing the awarded contracts in relation to the Pan Borneo Expressway for both Sabah and Sarawak due to "tight financial capabilities", according to Works Minister Baru Bian (pictured).

KUCHING (August 2): Sarawak’s proposed light rail transit (LRT) system that is estimated to cost RM10.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 25): The mechanism and implementation of the second phase of the Pan Borneo Highway mega project is undergoing a technical study that will be completed soon along with the Finance Ministry and the Sabah and Sarawak state governments, Works Minister Baru Bian told the Dewan Rakyat today.