KUALA LUMPUR: The amount of losses from commercial crimes rose some 62.1% to RM866.2mil between Jan 1 and April 28 over the year before. Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) director Comm Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf said total losses came to RM534.3mil for the same period last year. "However, a total of 10,106 cases were...
PUTRAJAYA: A convenience store in Precinct 3 here was raided by the Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry (KPDN) yesterday, for suspected sale of food products with the words 'No Palm Oil' (NPO) written on the product's plastic packaging. Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Minister Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali said the raid which started...
KUALA PILAH: A couple who earlier pleaded guilty to child neglect and were supposed to have been sentenced have now decided to file a representation. Muhammad Firdaus Shariman, 32, and Siti Salasiah Jumaah, 25, pleaded guilty in the Sessions Court on April 3 to a charge of leaving their two young children in an unattended car...
PETALING JAYA: When it comes to Malaysia’s growing obesity problem, children – especially boys – are the most at risk. Available statistics show that six out of 10 children in the country are at risk of being overweight or obese by 2035, with boys facing a higher prevalence of obesity. According to Malaysia’s National Health and Morbidity...
HULU SELANGOR: The Health Ministry will seek clarification from pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca in relation to the side effects of the Covid-19 vaccine as reported by the international media recently. Its minister, Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said the pharmaceutical company should be responsible by submitting a thorough and transparent explanation not only to Malaysia but to...
PETALING JAYA: Malaysian students in universities in the United States are facing disruption to their campus lives with the eruption of pro-Palestinian protests. Some have even been harassed, with many having names called. Azida Ahmad Azmi, a graduate student at Columbia University, New York, said the escalating situation seemed hard to avoid, especially in her campus where...
PETALING JAYA: The suspected conman who is currently wanted by the police has been linked to nearly RM400,000 in losses here. Petaling Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Shahrulnizam Jaa'far, in a statement Thursday (May 2), said that the suspect, identified as 28-year-old Lau Kah Wing, would target senior citizens. "His modus operandi includes offering 'government aid' to victims....
HULU SELANGOR: Three reports have been lodged throughout the Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election campaign period to date, according to police. In a statement on Thursday (May 2), Hulu Selangor OCPD Supt Ahmad Faizal Tahrim said that three police reports had been lodged throughout the campaigning period, and an investigation paper had been opened under the Election...
JAKARTA: Two earthquakes rocked Bandung, West Java, on Wednesday (May 1), affecting three families and causing damage to three houses, along with two mosques, three schools, and a health centre. National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) spokeperson Abdul Muhairi, spokesperson urged residents to remain alert for aftershocks and advised them to avoid buildings showing signs of damage...
KOTA KINABALU: A vegetable seller was seriously hurt after being slashed with a sword in a robbery in Sabah’s southwestern Papar district. The 27-year-old man was returning after delivering vegetable supplies with his fiancee in the state capital Kota Kinabalu, some 40km from the district, before stopping by for a meal at a restaurant at 1.30am...
