Man, 39, arrested for drink driving after scrap with another driver

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): A 39-year-old man was arrested for drink driving on Jan 31 after he got into an accident and fist fight with another driver. He is also assisting in investigations for voluntarily causing hurt, said the police on Feb 2. The police were alerted to the accident in Jalan Toa Payoh towards Macpherson Road...

Mother and teenage daughter found dead in luxury car in Johor

JOHOR BARU: A mother and her teenage daughter were found dead in a luxury car at Bandar Baru Uda here. Johor Baru North OCPD Asst Comm Balveer Singh stated that the 42-year-old woman and her 14-year-old daughter are believed to have been shopping nearby before stopping to take a break. "Based on the last text messages found...

Man arrested for stealing jewellery worth RM237,000 from lecturer

KUALA TERENGGANU: Police have detained a man to assist in investigations into the theft of jewellery worth about RM237,000 belonging to a medical lecturer at a higher learning institution in the state. Kuala Terengganu district police chief ACP Azli Mohd Noor said police believe they solved the case with the arrest of the 31-year-old suspect in...

QuickCheck: Was a flasher terrorising Dengkil caught on camera?

A SHOCKING incident in Dengkil has residents on edge, as a flasher was reportedly caught in the act on video. The unsettling footage, which shows a man exposing himself to a woman, quickly went viral, sparking outrage and concern. Has the suspect behind this disturbing act been apprehended? Verdict: TRUE A building maintenance employee was arrested for flashing himself at...

Four arrested over viral video of man being beaten with steering lock

PETALING JAYA: Four men have been arrested following a viral video in which a burly man was seen hitting another man with a steering lock. According to a statement issued by the Kajang district police headquarters, the incident had happened on Dec 29, 2024, in Semenyih. "The case is being investigated under Section 324 of the Penal...

S’wak TV station top exec among five detained to help money-laundering, CBT probe, says IGP

KUALA LUMPUR: A 61-year-old top executive of a television station in Sarawak is among five individuals detained in connection with a money laundering and criminal breach of trust investigation. The suspects were detained in a special operation conducted by the Inspector-General of Police secretariat’s Anti-Money Laundering (Amla) division in a special operation codenamed "Ops Ragada" on...

Johor MACC nabs four for forging land title grants

JOHOR BARU: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has arrested four individuals suspected of involvement in a syndicate that forges land title grants. According to sources, the four men aged between 49 and 53 are directors and secretaries of a private company. They were arrested at Johor MACC headquarters here at about 11pm on Thursday (Jan 9). It is...

I was told to alter police statement, says wife of celeb in drug case

PETALING JAYA: The wife of a celebrity has claimed that a policeman made her alter the statement she gave regarding her husband's arrest for suspected marijuana possession, reported Sinar Harian. In an Instagram live broadcast on Thursday (Dec 19), she said she was making this disclosure because she believed there had been a breach of ethics...

Three teen girls arrested in Kota Kinabalu drug raid

KOTA KINABALU: Three teenage girls were among nine people arrested during a drug party at a condominium unit here. The suspects, mostly in their 20s, were apprehended following a raid by the Kota Kinabalu narcotics unit last week, said city police chief Asst Comm Kasim Muda during a press conference on Thursday (Dec 19). He stated that...

Datuk among two people nabbed in RM250mil corruption case

PUTRAJAYA: Anti-graft officers have arrested a civil servant and a company owner over alleged bribery involving construction projects valued at RM250mil awarded by one of the district public works departments in Sarawak. It is believed that the two male suspects in their 40s and 50s were detained at 5.30am on Thursday (Dec 5) when they presented...