KUALA LUMPUR: The gas line fire incident that occurred at Jalan Putra Harmoni, Putra Heights early Tuesday (April 1) was a tragic awakening to residents living nearby as it also caused 'sand and dust rain' not only around the incident area but up to several kilometres from the location. Nor Azian Jamil, 51, who lives in...
SINGAPORE: More than 30 people were arrested and over 240 bank accounts were frozen following an islandwide police operation against government official impersonation scams. In a statement on Tuesday (April 1), the police said 27 men and seven women - aged between 17 and 46 - were nabbed during raids targeting suspects who gave their bank...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Selangor Fire and Rescue Department says that as of 3.40pm on Tuesday (April 1), 190 houses have been damaged in the gas pipeline blaze at Jalan Putra Harmoni, Putra Heights, Subang Jaya. Department director Wan Razali Wan Ismail said the fire also damaged 148 cars and 11 motorcycles. "The flames and intense heat damaged...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Special Malaysia Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (SMART) has recovered four bodies from the rubble caused by the earthquake in Myanmar's Sagaing region. In a statement, the National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma) reported that two victims - a man and a woman - were retrieved on Monday (March 31), while the bodies of...
KUALA LUMPUR: The gas pipeline inferno at Jalan Putra Harmoni, Putra Heights, Subang Jaya, Selangor, on Tuesday (April 1) morning sent shockwaves through the surrounding community, with some describing it as like a massive earthquake. Flames soared tens of metres into the sky, visible from several kilometres away. Rescue and firefighting efforts continue to contain the...
PETALING JAYA: The Federal and State governments as well as PETRONAS will be responsible for repairing and replacing damaged houses, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. He added that PETRONAS will provide cash aid to victims of the inferno at Putra Heights. According to Anwar, those whose homes were completely destroyed will get RM5,000 in assistance,...
KUALA LUMPUR: The likelihood of a secondary explosion following Tuesday’s (April 1) gas pipeline fire in Putra Heights, Subang Jaya, is very low, according to the Fire and Rescue Department. Director-general Datuk Nor Hisham Mohammad said this was because no gas flow was detected this evening after the closure of four main valves in Kampung Lombong...
BANGKOK: Authorities have charged four Chinese nationals for illegally removing 32 files of documents from the collapsed 34-storey State Audit Office (SAO) building, which was destroyed by an earthquake on March 28. A legal officer from the Chatuchak District Office’s municipal affairs division filed a complaint at Bang Sue Police Station against five Chinese individuals accused...
BANGKOK: As Bangkok experienced tremors on March 28, a Korean man jumped across a broken sky walkway, 50 storeys above ground, to get from one swaying building to another where his wife and daughter were supposed to be. Thai resident Kwon Young-jun’s feat has been captured on video and circulated online amid other indelible images of...
TOKYO: Increasingly, people are holding proper funerals when they lose their dog, cat or other beloved pet. The ceremonies may be attended by Buddhism priests who read out sutras, and memorial services may follow to mark religious milestones in the afterlife of the pet. Mourning a pet as you would a family member who has passed...
