PETALING JAYA: Errant motorcycle riders beware, as PJ police are using drones for the first time, looking out for riders who did not use the designated motorcycle lanes along the Federal Highway. Petaling Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Shahrulnizam Ja'afar said the operation, which was conducted along KM28.4 of the highway on Wednesday (June 11), focused on...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Several U.S. cities braced for protests on Wednesday against President Donald Trump's sweeping immigration raids, as parts of the country's second largest city Los Angeles spent the night under curfew in an effort to quell five days of unrest. The Governor of Texas, Republican Greg Abbott, said he will deploy the National Guard...
KOTA KINABALU: For 15-year-old Alexa Grace Zulkeplee, every ringgit counts. A Form Three student at SMK Kanibongan in Pitas, she receives a modest monthly allowance of RM40 from her father, who operates a small farm. "On school days, I usually spend just RM1 for food. That gets me through until lunch, which is provided at the...
KUANTAN: A woman who was reported to have been swept by the current after the car she was in slid into Sungai Triang, near Bandar Baru Bera, was found drowned on Wednesday (June 11) morning. Bera District Police Chief Supt Zulkiflee Nazir said the body of Sakirah Akop, 31, was found floating about 2.5 kilometres from...
KOTA KINABALU: A town planning officer has claimed trial at the Special Corruption Court here on Wednesday (June 11) to a charge of submitting a false claim amounting to RM19,100. Nazri Hamburg, 46, an officer with the Sabah Town and Country Planning Department, pleaded not guilty when the charge under Section 18 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption...
KOTA KINABALU: A 62-year-old man has been arrested over an alleged sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl at an estate in Lahad Datu. Lahad Datu deputy OCPD Supt Jimmy Panyau said based on information given by the girl, she had fainted behind her house, prior to the incident on Tuesday (June 10). “She said that when she...
PETALING JAYA: The number of traffic accidents in the district has increased by 53 cases so far this year compared to last year, according to Petaling Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Shahrulnizam Ja'afar (pic). A total of 204 cases were recorded between January and May, compared to 151 cases during the same period last year, marking an...
SINGAPORE: A 16-year-old boy was convicted of rioting while armed with a deadly weapon after an incident where he and five other teenagers attacked a 17-year-old boy at Buona Vista MRT station over a rape allegation, which turned out to be a misunderstanding. On Monday (June 9), the court called for a report to determine if...
MANILA: The House of Representatives on Tuesday (June 10) said Vice President Sara Duterte’s personal trip to Malaysia would not derail the impeachment proceedings against her, even as it urged the Senate to proceed with its constitutional duty to try the case. “What is important is for the Senate to start the trial for the prosecutors...
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The Trump administration on Tuesday appealed a judge's ruling last week that hundreds of Venezuelans who were deported to El Salvador under an 18th century wartime law must be given the chance to challenge their detentions. (Reporting by Luc Cohen in New York)
