PETALING JAYA: Umno Youth chief Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh was arrested in Kota Kinabalu on Friday (April 5). In a video posted on Facebook, Dr Muhamad Akmal is seen being whisked away by police in an SUV. “No fear, no surrender,” he is heard saying as he gets into the police car. In a Facebook post, he said...
KUALA LUMPUR: The arrest of an Israeli national at a hotel along Jalan Ampang has led to the police heightening security levels in the country. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said the arrest of the 36-year-old man - who police suspect is an Israeli intelligence agent - has put the Royal Malaysia Police on...
SHAH ALAM: Two bank officers are among 16 people arrested for alleged involvement in a syndicate that buys and sells bank accounts and ATM cards for fraudulent activities. Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said the suspects were arrested in several raids around Gombak between March 20 and 22. "One of those arrested was a...
BANGKOK: A Thai restaurant owner in Malaysia revealed that a Thai woman, who disappeared on March 8, has been arrested by Malaysian police. She is reportedly safe but will be unable to contact her family until her interrogation is complete. The missing Thai woman, 26 year old Chutimon “Care” Jantawisai, travelled from her home province, Loei,...
JOHOR BARU: A senior citizen has been arrested to assist in the investigation of a viral video showing a car driving against traffic. Johor Baru North OCPD Asst Comm Balveer Singh said the 75-year-old woman was arrested at about 4.11pm on Friday (March 1). "We have detected a 13-second video on X where a grey car was...
SEPANG: Three people have been arrested for squatting in an empty house. Sepang OCPD Asst Comm Wan Kamarul Azran Wan Yusof said police arrested three Bangladeshi men at a vacant house on Monday (Jan 22) night following a report lodged in Terengganu. He said the trio, aged between 21 and 30, confessed that they had been staying...
SEREMBAN: A counselling teacher at a primary school here has been detained for allegedly committing physical sexual assault against his pupils. The 43-year-old male teacher was detained after the school's headmaster lodged a report. It is learnt police obtained a seven-day remand order on the suspect from a Magistrate's Court here on Tuesday (Dec 12). Seremban police chief...
IPOH: The police have arrested two individuals, believed to be the parents of four siblings who were found abandoned at the Perak Tengah Administrative Complex, in Kampung Gajah, on Thursday (Nov 23). Perak Tengah OCPD Supt Hafezul Helmi Hamzah said the two individuals were arrested separately, after receiving a report about the incident from Kampung Gajah...
GEORGE TOWN: Police arrested eight foreign women, including a civil servant from a neighbouring country on Friday (Aug 18), believed to be involved in prostitution activities in the Timur Laut district. District police chief ACP Soffian Santong said that police carried out operations from 6pm to 10pm by conducting seven raids on several premises such as...
KUALA LUMPUR: An assistant to a company owner has been detained by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in its probe into rare earth elements (REE) mining in Kedah. Sources said the man, in his 50s, was detained at about 10pm on Thursday (July 20) at the MACC headquarters in Putrajaya. The remand application was made on Friday...
