Foreign civil servant among eight women nabbed for prostitution in Penang

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...

MACC makes another arrest in REE mining probe

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...

TM contractors among six nabbed for cable theft

TM contractors among six nabbed for cable theft

KUALA LUMPUR: Six suspected cable thieves, including Telekom Malaysia (TM) contractors, have been arrested after they were spotted loading a lorry with stolen cables. In a statement on Wednesday (July 19), Ampang Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Azam Ismail said a 31-year-old complainant called the authorities after spotting several people pulling out copper wires along Jalan...