Administrators at Southern Alamance Middle School in Graham, NC, recently removed bathroom mirrors after discovering students were spending copious amounts of classroom time in front of them creating TikTok videos. Some students were asking to use the bathroom five or more times a day and spending upwards of five minutes out of class during each excused...
SHAH ALAM: The withdrawal of men’s singles shuttler Kodai Naraoka from the Asia Team Championships has not dampened the Japanese men’s team’s spirits. World No. 6 Naraoka was initially set to spearhead the team in the team meet which is set to get under way tomorrow at the Setia City Convention Centre in Shah Alam but...
SHAH ALAM: Hong Kong coach Wong Choong Hann (pic) is plotting a route out of the Group of Death in the men’s team event in the Asia Team Championships which starts tomorrow at the Setia City Convention Centre in Shah Alam. Hong Kong have been placed in Group A which is arguably the toughest group along...
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s Islamic laws will be further strengthened with the recent landmark judgment by the Federal Court nullifying 16 provisions in the Kelantan Syariah Criminal code, says the Syariah Judiciary Department. The Feb 9 ruling will also harmonise offences that exist under both syariah and civil laws, the department said. The apex court’s ruling on the...
PETALING JAYA: Lawyer Nik Elin Zurina Nik Abdul Rashid has lodged three police reports following recent death threats, Sinar Harian reports. The threats were following the Federal Court challenge that nullified 16 provisions in Kelantan's syariah criminal laws. Nik Elin said it was important for the people to read every provision in order to better understand the...
JOHOR BARU: Johor police are searching for a Singapore registered car owner after allegedly breaking a window of another car at KM139.6 along the North-South Expressway here. State police chief Comm M. Kumar said a report was lodged at 2.36pm on Saturday (Feb 10) where a 54-second video that recorded the altercation had since gone viral...
PETALING JAYA: A woman died after her four-wheel drive (4WD) vehicle fell into a gorge in Batang Kali. When contacted, Selangor Fire and Rescue Department assistant director Ahmad Mukhlis Mukhtar said the department was notified of the road accident at 6.28pm Sunday (Feb 11). He said the operation chief at the location confirmed that a 4WD had...
PETALING JAYA: It is about time the syariah and civil courts be equal, says the UMNO Youth chief. In a Facebook post on Sunday (Feb 11), Dr Akmal Saleh said that laws that were in place before British rule had used Islam as their reference point in their creation. "We urge all members of Parliament, be it...
GEORGE TOWN: Police arrests a man to assist investigations regarding the discovery of a hidden camera inside the humidifier of a homestay bathroom in Jelutong, here recently. Timur Laut district police chief ACP Razlam Ab Hamid said the 20-year-old suspect was detained in Kuala Lumpur this afternoon following information from the public and surveillance carried out...
PETALING JAYA: Six children were rescued when a sofa in their apartment unit in Damansara Damai here caught fire. Selangor Fire and Rescue Department assistant director Ahmad Mukhlis Mukhtar said firemen from the Sungai Buloh station were dispatched to the scene once the distress call came in at 11.15am on Monday (Feb 12). "When firemen arrived, they...
