KOTA TINGGI: Police have arrested two men for impersonating policemen and robbing foreigners in the district. Its OCPD, Supt Yusof Othman, said on Wednesday (Oct 9) that based on a police report lodged by a foreign worker on Oct 7, police tracked down and arrested these two men in their 20s in Bandar Tenggara the next...
A fitness influencer in eastern China has trended on social media after he created a “lazy man mountain climbing method” by using a helium balloon to lighten the bag he carried on hikes. The Zhejiang-based blogger, surnamed Pu, released a video on Douyin of him climbing a mountain with a big white helium balloon attached to...
KUALA LUMPUR: RHB Investment Bank Bhd (RHB IB) said the trading suspension requested by Public Bank Bhd and LPI Capital Bhd of their respective shares lends credence to media reports of a deal being struck. In a research note today, RHB IB said that based on its estimation, an all-cash deal would be earnings and return of equity (ROE) accretive,...
PETALING JAYA: Maxis announced a limited-time offer that permanently upgrades the data quota for select postpaid plans. The offer upgrades Maxis Postpaid 79 to 300GB of 4G/5G data, while the Postpaid 109, 139, 169, and 199 plans will receive unlimited 4G/5G data. The company stated that existing customers will have their data quota automatically upgraded between today (Oct...
BERLIN: German police said Oct 8 they had shut down a "dizzyingly large" child pornography website with hundreds of thousands of users and arrested six people with links to the network. The men, aged 43 to 69, were suspected of being the "leading figures behind the darkweb platform", police in the North Rhine-Westphalia region said in a...
KUALA LUMPUR: The family of the doctor who died in Lahad Datu has no intention of using her death for political leverage. “I just want justice for my daughter,” said her mother, Lim Siang Heyeo. At a press conference on Tuesday (Oct 9) at Wisma MCA, the brother of pathology specialist Dr Tay Tien Yaa said he...
PETALING JAYA: Men's singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia returned to winning ways by beating Frenchman Christo Popov to reach the second round of the Arctic Open. World No. 4 Zii Jia, who captured the title last year, stayed steady throughout the match to come away with a 21-15, 21-11 win over world No. 27 Popov in...
PETALING JAYA: Thunderstorms have been forecast in the afternoon for 10 states in Malaysia, including Penang and Selangor on Thursday (Oct 9). According to an advisory issued by the Meteorological Department at 12.40pm, thunderstorms, heavy rain and strong winds are expected for the entire state of Perlis and Melaka. Other areas expected to see storms are Kedah...
PETALING JAYA: The Lipis District Council is investigating a mamak restaurant after a viral video showing a man, believed to be an employee of a local eatery, using a broom to clean pots last Saturday (Oct 5). The council chairman Datuk Mohd Hafizi Ibrahim stated that action would be taken if the investigation confirms misconduct occurred...
PETALING JAYA: The Mid Valley outlet of Auntie Anne’s Malaysia will be closed for thorough disinfection and cleaning, the pretzel store said after a social media post of one of its staff kissing a pretzel dough went viral. Auntie Anne’s Malaysia said in an announcement that the staff who was formerly employed in the Kuala Lumpur...
