Cop among three suspects in night brawl

LIMBANG: A police personnel is among three individuals arrested in connection with an ongoing investigation into a mass fight said to occur on Jubli Emas Square here last Saturday night.

A video footage, said to be depicting the incident, has gone viral on social media since.

The police corporal, 36 and married, was arrested at an unnumbered house in Kampung Patiambun at 3.20pm on Tuesday. Two other men – aged 19 and 25 – were also apprehended at the same village, but at around 11pm on Thursday.

According to Limbang police chief Supt Mohd Bukhori Saffai, all three are being detained to facilitate investigation into the case, adding that a 38-year-old man suffered head injuries in the fight.

“There's no confiscation of any item from the three suspects,” he told reporters here yesterday, adding that the police corporal has a record of cases that are still on trial.

The said mass fight would be investigated under Section 324 of Penal Code, said Bukhori.

S'wak an example of peace, equality – JCI world president

KUCHING: Junior Chamber International (JCI) World president Dawn Hetzel says the community in Sarawak is such a unique example of peace, equality and respect.

She said this is clearly demonstrated in the way they live, side by side in peaceful co-existence despite the many different ethnicity, cultures and religions.

“I will just encourage them, especially the young people, to continue that - the idea to respect, to believe in each other, support each other, to encourage one another and share that peace to the rest of the world,” she told reporters at Wisma Bapa Malaysia here yesterday.

Earlier, she handed over the peace proclamation to Chief Minister Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Openg.

Hetzel said the purpose of their courtesy call on the Chief Minister was to once again thank him for his support in enabling the peace conference to be held in Kuching.

She said aside from that they also presented the Chief Minister with peace declaration and proclamation from the boys and girls who participated in the International Summit of Peace held at Borneo Convention Centre Kuching (BCCK), which ended yesterday.