GEORGE TOWN: A 32-year-old factory worker has been charged with murdering a father and daughter here. Muhammad Farhan Izzuddin Rosman, currently being treated at the Penang Hospital for self-inflicted wounds, said he understood the charge when it was read to him in the ward before Magistrate Nadratun Naim Mohd Saidi on Wednesday (Nov 13). For … Read more
KOTA KINABALU: A lorry driver was sentenced by the Sandakan Sessions Court on Tuesday (Nov 12) to a total of 14 years in jail and two strokes of the cane for raping his underage girlfriend. Judge Zaini Fishir @ Fisal meted the sentence to Mohd Zaman Kamrud Zaman, 20, after he pleaded guilty to two … Read more
PETALING JAYA: The recent terrible theft of body parts of a tiger, killed in a road accident, is compounded by the outdated belief that these parts have medicinal or traditional value despite the lack of any scientific basis for such claims, says WWF-Malaysia. In a statement Sunday (Nov 10), the organisation said the persistent misconceptions … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR: Thai police have maintained that the arrest of six Malaysians – including a popular modern dikir barat singer from Kelantan – on Nov 1 was not pre-planned. Sinar Harian reported that Sungai Golok Police Chief Jedsadavit Ingprapan said the raids and arrests were based on ongoing investigations and intelligence information. “Before making an … Read more
PARIS: France’s highest civil court has rejected an appeal lodged by the so-called Sulu heirs, drawing a line under a years-long legal battle with the state of Malaysia. The Filipino heirs of the last Sultan of Sulu won a US$14.9bil award in a French arbitration court in 2022 in a long-running dispute over a colonial-era … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR: A lorry driver was sentenced to three years and six months in prison and two strokes of the cane by the Sessions Court here on Wednesday (Nov 6) after pleading guilty to physically sexually assaulting his 15-year-old daughter. Judge Tasnim Abu Bakar ordered the man, aged 41, to serve the sentence from the … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR: Funds raised from a US$3bil bond issuance purportedly for the development of The Exchange TRX had ultimately been diverted into former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s bank account, says the judge hearing the 1MDB case. Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah (now Court of Appeal judge) who heard Najib’s 1MDB case said that … Read more
JOHOR BARU: Police recover more than RM7mil of the RM20mil ransom that was paid to a group of kidnappers of a Johor businessman. Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department director Comm Datuk Seri Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain said the money, in various currencies, was recovered following the arrest of 14 suspects involved in the Oct 13 … Read more
IPOH: A controversial Teluk Intan cultural festival where Chinese flags were waved did not have a police permit, says Comm Azizi Mat Aris. The Perak police chief said investigations found that the organiser did not get a permit to hold the event, where several individuals were seen to be hoisting the Chinese flags during a … Read more
IPOH: Police have apprehended five men for allegedly taking turns to rape a 15-year-old girl in Batu Gajah. The suspects are aged from 18 to 27 years old. Perak deputy police chief Deputy Comm Zulkafli Sariaat said the victim’s mother lodged a report on Monday (Oct 21) stating that her daughter had yet to return … Read more
