October 2005

NEWS ARCHIVE 2005

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Wednesday, 19th October 2005

Cook Now Says She Is
Not Sure It Was Richard

Richard Chia Kok Hong

Bandar Seri Begawan – In a further twist yesterday in a triple murder trial, a key witness who had earlier told the court that she recognized 53-year-old car salesman Richard Chia Kok Hong, the accused, with bloodied trousers holding a stick on the night of the tragedy, stumbled on her story under intense cross examination. ...FULL STORY

BB Version: Three Different Statement At Three Different Times

Related Stories: Richard’s Murder Trial Takes A Dramatic Turn | Cook Testifies Seeing Richard With A Stick, Stained Trousers | Witness Recalls Hearing About Quarrel | Another Mystery Car Pops Up In Richard’s Trial | Witness Recalls Seeing Vehicle Leaving In Hurry | Mystery Vehicle In Triple Murder Case | Mysterious Night Visits And Screams | Trial In Triple Murder Case Begins | Man Questioned As Police Still Seek Killers Of Family In Berakas | Mystery Murder Case In Serusop Still Baffles The Police | Brutal Murder Of Couple And Child Shakes The Nation | Couple And Daughter Brutally Murdered In Serusop | Brutal Killing Grips Brunei | Mystery Surrounds Brutal Death Of Dusun Family In Serusop | Boustead Car Salesman Charged With Triple Murder | Permanent Resident Charged With Killing Local Couple And Child | No bail for Suspect In Couple And Child Murder Case

Call To Register
Poultry And Birds

Bandar Seri Begawan - The Agriculture Department has called on village leaders to register residents who have poultry and fowl farms under their jurisdictions and inform the department to ensure that the monitoring activity covers the whole of Brunei including private residences.
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New Moon

Officials To Sight New Moon Of Syawal Nov 2
Bandar Seri Begawan - Brunei will determine the first day of Syawal on November 2, corresponding to the 291 of Ramadhan 1426 Hijriah. ...FULL STORY

Foreigner Detracts From Permitted Work Regulations
Bandar Seri Begawan - A Malaysian national of Pakistani origin was caught in the act of carrying out business activities at a residential area in Kg Sungai Besar, yesterday morning. ...FULL STORY

Suspected Thief Remanded

WORLD REPORT SPECIAL

Quake relief in 'race against time'
Islamabad - More than a week into the relief effort after the South Asia earthquake, a U.N. official says the situation remains grave and the effort is facing daunting problems.

SPORTS

Greatest Race On Earth
Bandar Seri Begawan - Four local runners, Awang Zulkifle bin Liman, Mohd Rudin bin Takong, Henry Lu and Pengiran Haji Sharifuddin will be running the race of their life after they had been selected to represent Brunei Darussalam in this year's Standard Chartered Bank's Greatest Race On Earth.

YOUR HEALTH

Lose weight, enjoy a better sex life - U.S. study
New York - Obese women who start to lose weight will also see an improvement in the quality of their sex lives, according to a U.S. study released on Monday.

OTHER REPORTS

10 feet snake caught in posh flats
Manchester - A 10 feet boa constrictor has been captured after popping up in the loos of a posh block of flats in Manchester.

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