PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry will give its full cooperation to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in the investigation of three senior doctors detained in Penang recently. The ministry said in a statement Wednesday (Sept 4) it had taken note of the arrests, allegedly linked to a cartel involved in falsifying Social Security Organisation (Socso) disability … Read more
Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc and other senior government officials will be in the hot seat later this morning as MPs begin their investigation into the circumstances surrounding an alleged foiled terrorist attack planned for Toronto — a case that’s raised questions about Canada’s security screening process. Last month, police charged Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi, 62, … Read more
Two weeks after organizers scrubbed Taylor Swift’s concerts in Vienna amid a foiled terror plot, the singer issued her first statement on the cancellations. “Having our Vienna shows cancelled was devastating,” she wrote in a statement posted on Instagram on Wednesday. “The reason for the cancellations filled me with a new sense of fear, and … Read more
Five arrests have been made in connection with Friends star Matthew Perry’s death from the acute effects of ketamine in October of last year. According to The New York Times, Perry’s personal assistant, two doctors, and two other individuals have been indicted and charged. Perry died on October 28, 2023 after being found floating face … Read more
A week after Justin Timberlake’s defense attorney claimed that the singer had been mistakenly arrested in the Hamptons, the judge overseeing the case threatened to quash public conversation about the “Cry Me A River” singer’s drunk driving case. The same judge also suspended the pop star’s driving privileges, a gesture that will only restrict Timberlake’s … Read more
Traditional allies appear to have abandoned Nicolas Maduro as protests rock Venezuela in the wake of Sunday’s election, which the longtime president claims to have won with 51.2 per cent of the vote. Maduro was quickly recognized as the winner by Cuba, Nicaragua, Honduras and Bolivia, as well as Russia, China and Iran. But he got no recognition from … Read more
To check alleged misuse of power by cops, Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) has introduced clause 37b, which requires the state government to designate a police officer not below the rank of assistant sub-inspector to maintain information related to arrests and arrestees. The clause requires such information to be displayed in any manner, including in … Read more
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Sunday arrested the owner of a private school in Gujarat’s Godhra in connection with alleged malpractices in the NEET-UG exam. Dixit Patel, owner of Jay Jalaram School situated near Godhra in Panchmahal district where the exam was conducted, was arrested in the early hours from his residence, said public … Read more
After a two-year study of abuse in sports, a parliamentary committee is calling for sweeping changes to better protect athletes from sexual and physical abuse — including mandatory criminal record checks for all officials, coaches and volunteers and a new database to search past complaints, arrests and convictions. The standing committee on Canadian heritage is also calling on … Read more
Quebec provincial police have arrested five more people with crimes tied to a massive data breach at Desjardins, including the former bank employee originally suspected of being behind the leak. Four of them, three men and one woman, were arrested early Thursday morning, hours after Laval police announced arrests of their own tied to the … Read more
