PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Tuesday (Feb 11) received a Togg electric vehicle (EV) as a gift from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Erdoğan presented a white Togg T10X to Anwar as a symbol of their friendship. Anwar later drove the sport utility vehicle (SUV) to the Seri Perdana Complex, with Erdoğan accompanying him,...
PETALING JAYA: The investigation into the death of a Taiping Prison inmate, allegedly due to assault last month, is still ongoing, said Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail. The Home Minister said the police are conducting a thorough investigation, including recording statements from witnesses and prison officers who were on duty on the day of the incident. Saifuddin...
GEORGE TOWN: A warehouse near Green Garden was nearly destroyed after a fire engulfed the building on Tuesday (Feb 11) evening. Penang Fire and Rescue Department director Mohd Shoki Hamzah said fire engines were dispatched after distress calls were received at 6.02pm. "Upon arrival, firefighters estimated that 80% of the 100 x 100 sq ft warehouse had...
PATTAYA: Concerns over the late-night roaring of pet lions prompted an inspection at a home of a Sri Lankan businessman in Thailand. Officers visited the property in Soi Phra Tamnak, Pattaya, on Monday (Feb 10) to check if the animals had been microchipped and to assess their living conditions. The inspection, conducted around 3.30pm local time, was...
SEOUL: Police investigating a tragic case of a teacher fatally stabbing an eight-year-old girl at an elementary school in Daejeon said Tuesday (Feb 11) the teacher's attack had been planned but was not targeted, releasing her confession that she randomly chose the last student leaving the school. According to police, the attack occurred on Monday inside...
SINGAPORE: A woman who hit a neighbour with a mop until its aluminium handle broke into three pieces, and told her own teenage son she was going to kill his father in his sleep, has been sentenced to jail. Jessinta Tan Suat Lin, 50, was sentenced to four weeks’ jail and fined S$4,600 on Tuesday (Feb...
BEIJING (SCMP): A woman from southwestern China misidentified a firecracker as a milk confectionery, resulting in mouth injuries when it exploded unexpectedly, alarming many and raising concerns about misleading packaging. The woman, surnamed Wu, from Chengdu in Sichuan province, shared her experience on social media, revealing that the packaging of a specific type of firecracker, commonly...
KUALA LUMPUR: Attendance at the later two series of the National Service Training Programme (PLKN) 3.0 this year will be compulsory for the 18-year-olds who are picked as participants, said the National Service Training Department. Unlike the volunteer trainees in the first series that started last month, participants of the second and third batches will be...
BUTTERWORTH: The Health Ministry is holding nationwide engagement sessions before making a final decision on implementing a 45-hour work week for shift-based staff, including nurses, assistant medical officers, and ambulance drivers. Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said he has personally attended several sessions in Penang, Pahang, Kota Kinabalu (Sabah), and Batu Pahat (Johor), with...
KLANG: Selangor Ruler Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah has shot down the proposal to set guidelines for Muslims attending non-Muslim festivities. A statement issued by Istana Alam Shah on Saturday (Feb 8) said Sultan Sharafuddin had expressed stern disagreement against the proposal, especially in Selangor. “As the head of Islam in Selangor, His Royal Highness opined that the...
