Simunjan, Malaysia

In Malaysian Borneo, 276 Iban families from 15 longhouses are suing timber companies and the government for pollution, trespassing and illegal logging on their land.

Sharing the loss: Kuching police chief ACP Roslan Bek Ahmad comforting 11-year-old Macluie, the son of slain policeman DSP Michael Padel, while his mother Jabah Mingku looks on at their home in Kampung Bidayuh, Tebakang, yesterday.

Takaso Resources Bhd may indirectly win a military vehicles supply job contract worth around RM120 million.

KUCHING: Water shortage in Simunjan is said to be going from bad to worse, spreading out to the town area.

KUCHING: Instead of grinding flour, a businesswoman lost the whole of her right arm in an incident that occurred early morning yesterday at a bakery.