Fruit seller charged with murder of 26-year-old woman

SHAH ALAM: A 44-year-old man was charged with the murder of a 26-year-old woman at the Magistrates Court here. Khoo Choon Heng was accused of stabbing Koh Chea Ling to death at Jalan Bayu Tinggi in Klang at 1.00pm on Dec 18. The charge was read to Khoo in front of magistrate Amirul Asyraf Abd Rashid and...

Azis Jamman’s ex-aide lodges police report on alleged links to drug kingpin

KOTA KINABALU: An aide to former deputy home minister Datuk Mohd Azis Jamman has lodged a police report against the Facebook page "Berita Jenayah Malaysia" for linking him to a suspected drug kingpin in Sabah. Azis's former special officer Jasni Mohammad lodged the report here on Tuesday (Dec 26) following the online post that had gone...

‘Suspicious’ assets of the Tuns should be seized, Tun M says

PETALING JAYA: Those with the Tun title should be investigated and have their property seized if they failed to explain the source of their wealth, says Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. The former prime minister said that obtaining evidence of the misdeeds is unnecessary, as "suspicion" alone should be enough. "The Tuns should not only be investigated. They...

Floods: Kelantan MB’s house inundated as situation worsens in the state

PETALING JAYA: The house of the Kelantan Mentri Besar has been flooded as the situation worsens in the state, but this has not stopped Datuk Mohd Nassuruddin Daud from carrying out his duties. "The water level rose quite rapidly. Last night (Dec 26), my residence and the surrounding area of Kampung Meranti were also flooded. "Thank God,...

Crowd gathers outside US embassy to kick off six-day ‘Kepung Demi Palestin’ rally

KUALA LUMPUR: A crowd of protestors gathered outside the US embassy in solidarity with Palestine amid heavy police presence on Tuesday (Dec 26). The crowd gathered outside the embassy around 10.45pm with the entrance in front of the embassy blocked by police. Dozens of policemen were seen standing by in front and around the embassy, with the...

Tanker detained for illegal anchoring off Melaka coast

MELAKA: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has detained a Cameroon-registered oil tanker together with six crew members for illegally dropping anchor off the Tanjung Dahan coast here. MMEA Negri Sembilan/Melaka director Maritime Capt Mohd Khairi Abd Aziz said the vessel was detained about 7.5 nautical miles (about 14km) from the shoreline here at 11.30am on...

Elderly man trampled to death, wife seriously hurt in Lahad Datu elephant attack

KOTA KINABALU: An elderly man died while his wife was seriously injured after they were attacked by elephants in Kampung Perpaduan, Begahak Scheme, in Lahad Datu district on the east coast. In the incident at about 10pm on Saturday (Dec 24), 90-year-old Lopis Jubin was killed on the spot while Dalama Hamid, 61, was seriously injured. Dalama...

PU Azman ordered to enter defence on two sexual assault charges

KLANG: Celebrity preacher Azman Syah Alias, better known as PU Azman (pic), has been ordered to enter his defence on two charges of committing physical sexual assault on a 17-year-old boy. Sessions Court judge Syafeera Mohd Said made the decision Tuesday (Dec 26) after finding that the prosecution had succeeded in establishing a prima facie case against...

Pavilion management apologises for Christmas tree mishap involving tourist

PETALING JAYA: Pavilion Kuala Lumpur has issued an apology for an incident where a branch of a Christmas tree fell on a Singaporean shopper. The shopping complex's management said it regretted the incident on Monday (Dec 25) adding that its medical and safety team promptly responded and accompanied the shopper to the nearest clinic for immediate...

Body of missing two-year-old found in Tawau

KOTA KINABALU: The body of a two-year-old boy who fell in a river in east coast Tawau district has been found Tuesday (Dec 26) morning. Tawau Fire and Rescue station chief Jemishin Ujin said Adva Iman Muhammad Iswan was found at 6.45am by the public about 200m from his house on Jalan Apas along the Kg...