Connie Chung is revisiting crucial details about the man who allegedly sexually abused her as a young woman. The veteran TV journalist, six years after first going public about the incident, wrote in her new memoir that a "trusted family doctor" had touched her inappropriately during her first gynecological exam. She noted that this doctor also...
GEORGE TOWN: Police have confirmed the identities of the two Chinese tourists who were killed by a fallen tree in the compound of the Penang Peranakan Mansion in Lebuh Gereja here, on Wednesday. Northeast District Police chief ACP Razlam Ab Hamid said the victims were identified as Liu Zhu, 69 and his daughter Liu Xinxin, 36....
SHAH ALAM: The chief executive officer (CEO) of Global Ikhwan Services and Business (GISB) and his wife are among 19 individuals remanded for seven days starting on Thursday (Sept 19). The remand application for the individuals, aged between 25 and 65, was submitted before Magistrate Wan Noora Nisa Ngadirin at the Magistrate’s Court here. They are...
PUTRAJAYA: The Immigration Department is conducting a review and will implement extensive reforms to its work processes and service delivery, in response to concerns raised by Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki. Immigration director-general Datuk Zakaria Shaaban said these improvements would be implemented soon. "We acknowledge the 11 critical weaknesses that have allowed...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vladislav Bakalchuk, the estranged husband of Russia's richest woman, was arrested and charged with murder on Thursday, his lawyers said, after a deadly shootout at the Moscow office of Russia's largest online retailer. Two people were killed in a shooting on Wednesday just a few blocks away from the Kremlin at the Wildberries...
TOKYO: A 10-year-old boy enrolled in a Japanese school in Shenzhen, China, has died after being stabbed by an assailant on Wednesday (Sept 18), Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported citing the Japanese consul-general. The attack took place near the school on the anniversary of an incident in 1931 that triggered war between China and Japan, a...
PUTRAJAYA: Immigration officers, including supervisors, stationed at the counters of KL International Airport Terminal 1 and 2 should not have access to their mobile phones while on duty, says Tan Sri Azam Baki. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner said the commission has proposed this to the Immigration department following the crackdown on counter setting...
KUALA LUMPUR: The retail prices of RON97 petrol and diesel in Peninsular Malaysia will drop by six sen to RM3.19 and RM2.95 per litre respectively, from Sept 19-25. The Finance Ministry, in a statement on Wednesday (Sept 18), said that the drop in prices for RON97 petrol and diesel in the peninsula is in line with...
MELAKA: Underprivileged Bukit Mertajam student S. Darshini received an unexpected gift from top officials of Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM) after the officials came knocking on the door of her home, almost 500km from here. The 21-year-old was attending to the needs of her visually impaired mother when UTeM representatives arrived at her house in Penang...
GEORGE TOWN: Two people are believed to have been killed when a tree fell onto their car in Lebuh Gereja here. The duo, who have yet to be identified, were inside the car parked within the compound of Pinang Peranakan Mansion during the incident at about 2.30pm on Wednesday (Sept 18). Rescue operations are ongoing as firemen...
