News about Sarawak

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 10): The High Court today fixed Feb 18 to deliver its decision on whether to call Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor (pictured) to enter her defence with regard to three counts of graft in relation to the solar hybrid project involving 369 schools in Sarawak.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 9): Sarawak Consolidated Industries Bhd (SCIB) and its unit have bagged contracts worth RM821.

KUCHING (Jan 26): Sarawak health director Dr Chin Zin Hing revealed that a total of 53 medical personnel from four hospitals in the state have tested positive for Covid-19, reported Dayak Daily.

PETALING JAYA (Jan 25): Amidst a general gloomy outlook, Sarawak property market is still seeing a silver lining, led by the development of the state’s oil and gas industry in Bintulu and agricultural sector, said C H Williams Talhar Wong & Yeo managing director Robert Ting.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 13): The High Court has dismissed a striking out application brought by Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd's former managing director Saidi Abang Samsudin (pictured) in a lawsuit against him by by his former partner Rayyan Radzwill Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 19): The B40 residents of Sarawak can now buy homes in state government developments for RM120,000 or less, the Borneo Post reported Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg (pictured) saying yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 9): The High Court has fixed Jan 13 to give its decision on Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd's former managing director Saidi Abang Samsudin's bid to strike out a lawsuit brought against him by his former partner Rayyan Radzwill Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 1): Police in Miri have arrested a 24-year-old man for breaking a self-quarantine order three times at a hotel in the Sarawak city, reported The Star.

PUTRAJAYA (Nov 3): The Court of Appeal has maintained Nov 26 as the hearing date for Sarawak Report's editor Clare Rewcastle Brown and the publisher of her book's appeal against the High Court decision in allowing Terengganu's Sultanah Nur Zahirah's application of not testifying in court over her defamation suit against them on a book in relation to 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 31): Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (pictured) today said that the Batu Sapi by-election and Sarawak’s 12th state election will have to be held despite the current Covid-19 pandemic — unless a state of emergency is declared.