KOTA KINABALU: Eastern Sabah Security Command (Esscom) Land Operations Division chief-of-staff, Senior Assistant Comm (SAC) Datuk Chandrasehkaran Muthu, cremated following the Hindu rites at the Fook Lu Siew funeral parlour here on Monday (June 3). Fondly known as Chandra, the 56-year-old’s wake drew a large crowd. “He was a very dedicated officer and was very much well-liked...
KOTA KINABALU: Quick action by staff of the Kota Marudu Hospital along Jalan Lotong prevented fire from spreading in its operating room Monday morning. Sabah Fire and Rescue Services Department Senior Assistant Fire Comm Mohd Ishak Amran said that a team of nine men were dispatched to the scene after receiving a distress call at 10.02am. The...
JOHOR BARU: A sedan driven by a man, 25, skidded and crashed into the gates of Istana Besar Johor here on Monday. Johor Baru South OCPD Asst Comm Raub Selamat said the 3pm crash was due to slick road conditions. "The man was driving alone when his car skidded on its own without involving other vehicles. He...
KUALA LUMPUR: The body of climber, Zulkifli Yusuf, currently in a hospital in Anchorage, Alaska, is scheduled to undergo a post-mortem on Monday (June 3). The Alpine Club Malaysia said this, via a Facebook post, on Monday. "Once the post-mortem is completed, the next process is to obtain the necessary documents for the repatriation of the body...
PETALING JAYA: Police have confirmed that a driver who crashed into a church compound in Petaling Jaya had lost control of his vehicle before the accident. Petaling Jaya deputy OCPD, Supt Hussin Sollehuddin Zolkifly said police received information on Saturday (June 1) that a car had skidded and crashed into the church compound at Jalan SS...
KOTA KINABALU: Firemen came to a baby’s rescue who was accidentally left in a locked car near the RHB Bank along Gaya Street, here, Monday morning. In a statement from the Sabah Fire and Rescue Services Department, the nine-month-old baby boy was successfully reunited with his parents after being trapped in the car for 20 minutes. A...
PETALING JAYA: Police have called up three individuals, including the former babysitter of autistic boy Zayn Rayyan Abdul Matiin, who was murdered in Damansara Damai in December 2023. Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said the three individuals were called up to the Petaling Jaya district police headquarters to help in investigations into the...
JOHOR BARU: The QR code system for Malaysian travellers has seen an encouraging response, with nearly 70,000 people registering to use the trial system aimed at expediting immigration clearance at the border crossings with Singapore. As of press time, one of the applications, known as MyTrip and embedded within the MySejahtera mobile app, has been functioning...
PETALING JAYA: Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh has broken her silence over Selangor’s Demand-Responsive Transit (DRT) controversy, which involves her husband, after the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) said it had launched an investigation. She said she welcomed the probe into Asia Mobility Technologies Sdn Bhd (Asia Mobiliti), where her husband is chief executive officer, which...
SHAH ALAM: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has urged Muslims in the country to make Malaysia a Madani nation centred on the strength, spirit, and essence of Islam. He said the country's development must also be achieved and driven not only by exploring discoveries but must be rooted in the strength of Islamic faith and...
