KUALA LUMPUR: The police have frozen over half a million ringgit across 96 bank accounts linked to Global Ikhwan Services and Business Holdings (GISB). Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said the police have frozen a total of RM581,552.31 to date. A total of eight cars were also seized as police continue their investigation into GISB,...
PUTRAJAYA: A suspect from Global Ikhwan Service and Business Holdings (GISB) arrived at the magistrate's court to face charges, here today at 8.40am. He arrived by himself dressed in sunglasses, a face mask as well as a brown sweater. It is believed that the man was released on police bail after his four-day remand period concluded. On Sept...
Nek Aryan Mukriz Nek Ahmad Maheer, six, watches lovingly as his older sister, Nek Ariana Balqis, nine, writes some names on her notebook. “She cried last night,” says the cheerful boy. Immediately, Nek Ariana Balqis looks up, her face sullen and sad. “I miss Melody so much. She’s in Kelantan, and here we only have the naughty Prince....
THE Jalan Telok Wanjah bridge in Alor Setar, Kedah may not be a tourist attraction like the old railway bridge there. Still, it was in the news recently – unfortunately, for the wrong reasons. A 20-second viral video shows a group of youths riding modified bicycles recklessly along the bridge, one of them even taking a tumble...
BEIJING (SCMP): A Chinese woman was brutally beaten and blinded by her husband two months after they married because she refused to fund his gaming habit. The woman, known as Lao Chunxue, 28, from Inner Mongolia in northern China, met her husband, surnamed Xie, who is two years older than her, through an introduction by a...
PETALING JAYA: While some private companies have chosen to offer a replacement holiday on Tuesday (Sept 17) due to the overlapping observances of Maulidur Rasul and Malaysia Day on Monday (Sept 16), it will be business as usual for Bursa Malaysia and civil servants. The Prime Minister's Department had said, in a statement, that there would...
SINGAPORE: With more people treating their cats or dogs as family members and often willing to pay for the animals’ medical treatments like they would for their own, veterinary services have changed from offering mainly primary care to something resembling human healthcare today. This means expensive diagnostic scans, surgery and cancer treatments are routinely offered, leading...
TONGOD: A fire destroyed 44 houses in Kampung Penangah here, leaving 282 people from 74 families homeless. The Sabah Fire and Rescue Department operations centre said an emergency call was received at 7.24pm on Sunday (Sept 15). However, firefighters only arrived at the remote location – more than 170km from the Kinabatangan fire station – at 11.30pm. The...
KUALA LUMPUR: Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has extended Maulidur Rasul greetings to all Muslims, urging them to embody the noble values imparted by Prophet Muhammad, especially in daily life. In a post on social media, Ahmad Zahid emphasised that Maulidur Rasul is not just about commemorating the Prophet's birth but also...
IPOH: Three people were badly injured while 31 others sustained light injuries after the double-decker bus they were in crashed into a divider at KM273 southbound on the North-South Expressway near here. Perak Fire and Rescue Department assistant director (operations) Sabarodzi Nor Ahmad said three passengers on the lower deck were trapped between seats after the...
