LUMUT: Accident victim Nor Fadhilah Mohd Azlan, 24, had asked for her husband's forgiveness prior to the fatal incident that also claimed the life of their two-year-old child. Mohammad Shuqur Ahmad, 24, said his wife talked a lot and had asked for forgiveness, reported Sinar Harian. "At the same time, my wife mentioned that if she 'went,'...
KOTA KINABALU: A 14-year-old boy drowned and two others are still missing while swimming at a beach at Kampung Bundusan in Papar about 60kms from here Thursday (Dec 26). The boy, who was pulled out of the water by villagers shortly after the 5pm incident, was declared dead by medical officers after firemen attempted to revive...
TANGKAK: Police are investigating an incident involving an LED rocket replica displaying China's flag at the Bukit Gambir LED Light Carnival here. Tangkak OCPD Supt Roslan Mohd Talib confirmed that a police report had been filed and that investigations are ongoing. "The case is being investigated under Section 505(b) of the Penal Code for making statements with...
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia extends best wishes for the health of Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and looks forward to meeting him in Pulau Langkawi, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. In a Facebook post, Anwar mentioned that the meeting with Prabowo has been postponed due to Prabowo's fever. "My family and I are already in Pulau Langkawi...
KUALA LUMPUR: Teenager Yap Xin Yuan was believed to have visited her boyfriend's house before she was reported missing in Cheras here. According to a closed-circuit television recording her parents obtained from her boyfriend’s neighbour, Yap was shown arriving via an e-hailing car around 8.45am on Thursday (Dec 19), Sin Chew Daily reported. However, the parents expressed...
HONG KONG (SCMP): Cathay Pacific Airways has apologised for diverting a US-bound flight to Tokyo because of an unruly passenger before returning to Hong Kong, causing a delay of about 15 hours for travellers on board. Hong Kong’s flag carrier on Sunday pointed to safety guidelines, handling constraints at Tokyo’s Haneda airport and statutory requirements on...
BANGKOK: (Bernama) Thai police believe they have cracked down on a major scam syndicate that laundered over 5 billion baht (US$145,754,000) through fraudulent transactions, following the arrests of a Malaysian ringleader and his Thai wife. The Commander of the Economic Crime Suppression Division (ECD) under the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB), Pol. Maj. Gen. Puttidej Bunkrapue, said...
KOTA KINABALU: A 10-year-old boy was injured while escaping from a fire that destroyed a two-storey house, along with several vehicles and motorcycles, in the Ranau district, about 100km from here, on Thursday (Dec 19). The Fire and Rescue Department was alerted to the incident at Kampung Kapak at 11.01am. District station chief Ridwan Mohd Taib said...
IPOH: The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) will take additional measures on social media platforms that fail to comply with the age restriction ban from Jan 1, 2025. Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil said that currently, all platforms have set the age limit to 13 years old and below. "We want to monitor how effectively they enforce...
KUALA LUMPUR: Lim Guan Eng has filed an appeal against the High Court's omission of an order for Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to pay interest on RM1.35mil damages in a defamation lawsuit that Lim won. The notice of appeal was filed at the Court of Appeal through Guok Partnership on Nov 29. In the notice, Lim stated...
