PETALING JAYA: The Sessions Court here on Wednesday (Aug 9) was told that eight to 10 prosecution witnesses are expected to be called to testify in the drug case trial of nasyid singer and composer Muhammad Yasin Sulaiman. Deputy public prosecutor Raja Zaizul Faridah Raja Zaharudin informed the court about the matter during the case management...
PORT DICKSON: A 26-year-old lorry driver has been charged at the Magistrate's Court here for allegedly murdering his father. No plea was recorded from P.Niruben after the charge was read to him before magistrate V.Vanita on Wednesday (Aug 9). He was charged with murdering 49-year-old K.Paramasivan at a house in Taman D'Ambang Kota in Lukut between 12.20am...
GEORGE TOWN: A 28-year-old man pleaded guilty in the Sessions Court here Wednesday (Aug 9) to two charges of attempted murder for causing injury to a 44-day-old infant and three-year-old toddler. Unemployed Mohammad Azmin Hamanullah entered the plea before Sessions judge Mazdi Abdul Hamid. For the first charge, he was said to have attempted to murder the...
ALOR SETAR: The Pakatan Harapan-Barisan Nasional unity pact believes a simple majority to form the new Kedah government is achievable in Saturday's (Aug 12) election, says Datuk Mahfuz Omar. The state Pakatan chairman said this would depend on winning three seats where the margin of victory was still small at the moment. "As of now, God willing,...
SEREMBAN: Former PKR assemblyman Datuk Dr Mohamad Rafie Ab Malek who will be defending the Ampangan seat as an independent in the state polls has expressed sadness for being labelled a traitor. The former state industrialisation, investment, education and entrepreneurship committee chairman said it was not fair to accuse him of being one as he only...
KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak has sent a second representation letter to the Attorney General's Chambers (AGC) to drop the criminal breach of trust (CBT) charges he faces with former Treasury secretary-general Tan Sri Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah. Najib and Mohd Irwan were charged in 2018 with six counts of CBT amounting to RM6.6bil in...
KUALA PILAH: A pig’s head was found dumped in front of Perikatan Nasional’s Juasseh candidate Datuk Eddin Syazlee Shith’s office here on Wednesday (Aug 9) morning. When interviewed, Eddin’s brother, Edden Amru Shith, said the pig's head was discovered at about 7.30am. "The pig's head was placed on top of a Perikatan flag. "Our staff first found the...
PETALING JAYA: A 37-year-old man will be the first ever individual to be charged under the new Section 507A of the Penal Code for stalking. The man allegedly stalked and sexually harassed a popular female photographer for years, sending her lewd photographs of himself and even followed her to the United Kingdom. Petaling Jaya OCPD Asst Comm...
KUALA LUMPUR: Graft busters plan to seek the help of Interpol in tracking down Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin's son-in-law Adlan Berhan and another individual, who are abroad. Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki said the two men are believed to be in a certain country. "However, we cannot disclose which country it is,"...
KUALA TERENGGANU: A police sergeant was sentenced to eight months in prison by the Sessions Court here on 34 charges of accepting bribes amounting to RM12,500 between Dec 2019 and March 2022. Mohd Izzham Halim, 36, was stationed at the Narcotics Crime Investigation Department, Kemaman district police headquarters at the time. Izzham pleaded guilty to all the...
