IPOH: A man was found dead inside a water storage tank of a fishing rig at Sungai Pinang Besar on Pangkor Island. Manjung OCPD Asst Comm Hasbullah Abd Rahman said a report was lodged by a member of the public at 3.15pm on Tuesday (Feb 4) on the discovery of the body inside the tank of...
PETALING JAYA: The Sessions Court was informed on Tuesday (Feb 4) that the body of a missing boy was found by the banks of a stream near a reservoir close to Block R of the Idaman Apartment in Damansara Damai, with injuries to his left ear and right hand. Cpl Sulaimen Razak, 42, a photographer from...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has detained six individuals, including a civil engineer and three company owners, on suspicion of bribery for monopolising all projects awarded by two government departments across two districts in Sarawak. According to sources, the male suspects, aged 40 to 70, were detained between 7am and noon at various locations...
Washington DC (AFP): Hundreds of US government websites were offline on Monday (Feb 3), an AFP review showed, including that of the humanitarian agency USAID which President Donald Trump's administration is shutting down. From a list of nearly 1,400 federal sites provided by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), more than 350 were unavailable on...
ROME (Reuters) - Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of U.S. President Donald Trump, broke Italian and European Union environmental protection laws when he hunted ducks near Venice in December, according to two Italian Green party lawmakers. Andrea Zanoni, a member of the Veneto regional assembly, and Luana Zanella, a national parliamentarian, have filed two separate...
SIBU: The police have been told to take stern action against criminals following a shocking incident in which a gang member attacked another person with scissors. A video of the violent assault has gone viral on social media, raising public concerns over safety and fears that criminal gangs are gaining control in Bintulu. "I have been informed...
SOME marital disputes have been known to turn fiery. One man in Johor Baru, however, took this literally by allegedly torching his wife's car. In a video that went viral on social media, the culprit blocks the woman's car with his multi-purpose vehicle before pouring petrol on the bonnet and setting it on fire. It is claimed that...
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): A Singaporean man suspected of drug trafficking has been charged in a court in Johor Bahru, reported China Press. The 33-year-old, who was charged on Jan 31, faces the death penalty or life imprisonment if convicted, according to the Malaysian media outlet. He is among four people – three Singaporeans and one Thai...
PARIS (Reuters) -A French court on Monday found French film director Christophe Ruggia guilty of sexually abusing actress Adele Haenel when she was underage, in one of the first #MeToo cases to emerge from French cinema. Ruggia, who had denied the allegations against him, will avoid jail. The court in Paris sentenced him to four years,...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia should remain vigilant as new trade policies from major global economies could impact the nation, says Datuk Ng Yih Pyng. On behalf of the business community, the president of the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia (ACCCIM) expressed hope that the government will adopt pragmatic policies to support businesses, especially...
