KUALA LUMPUR: A 37-year-old delivery man has pleaded guilty to assaulting veteran journalist Haresh Deol in an incident at Bangsar on Tuesday (Nov 25). R. Krishnan, who was charged together with another suspect still at large, was accused of voluntarily causing hurt to Haresh, 43, in front of the Tanjung Balai Group building, Jalan Telawi 3. The...
PETALING JAYA: While the government respects the right to peaceful assembly, the violent incident during a court-ordered eviction at Kampung Sungai Baru cannot be condoned, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim says. “The government respects the right to gather peacefully and to express one’s stance, and this has consistently been proven through various assemblies before. "However, principles...
IPOH: The 41-year-old woman who tried to hug Perak's Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah during the state-level Independence Day celebration here has been charged with assault. Nurhaswani Afni Mohamad Zorki, from Kampung Manjoi, was charged under Section 352 of the Penal Code before Magistrate Mohd Harith Mohd Mazlan on Monday (Sept 8). No plea was recorded. Nurhaswani Afni was...
PUTRAJAYA: The Sessions Court here has set Sept 19 for mention of a case involving singer Naim Daniel, who was charged with committing sexual assault against a 17-year-old girl at a hotel. Judge M. Kunasundary set the date during a closed-door proceeding when the case came up for mention before her on Monday (Aug 18). Naim Daniel,...
SEPANG: A Chinese national has been arrested after allegedly assaulting an Immigration officer during a departure inspection at KL International Airport (KLIA) Terminal 1 on Wednesday (Aug 13) evening. The incident occurred at about 7.40pm when four Chinese nationals - two adults and two children - approached the departure Immigration counter. Checks revealed that none of them...
SIBU: A man was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment by the Magistrates’ Court after admitting to assaulting and threatening his wife in April. Magistrate Romario Jonoi on Wednesday (August 13) imposed a further six-month custodial sentence on 31-year-old Tino Alphonsus for criminal intimidation of his wife. However, both terms are to run concurrently from the date of...
KAJANG: Four teenagers have been detained for allegedly punching and slapping their classmate at a mall here. Kajang OCPD Asst Comm Naazron Abdul Yusof said the 13-year-old victim lodged a police report on the incident at 12.57pm on Thursday (July 31). He said the victim met his classmates at the mall on Wednesday (July 30) to settle...
KUALA LUMPUR: Police say more witnesses will be called before the investigation paper on the alleged assault involving singer Shila Amzah and another veteran artiste can be finalised. “We have submitted the investigation paper to the Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP), but it was sent back for further action. As such, we now have to investigate the...
CHUKAI: Police have arrested a woman suspected of assaulting her young daughter at a laundromat here last week. Kemaman OCPD Supt Mohd Razi Rosli said the 45-year-old woman was arrested at her home at 7.27pm on Monday (April 21). He said the arrest was made after a CCTV recording went viral on social media showing a girl being...
SEREMBAN: The police have arrested a man who allegedly attacked a female driver, resulting in injuries after an accident along Jalan Persiaran Senawang 4 here Saturday night. Seremban OCPD Mohamad Hatta Che Din said the man, 35, was arrested at the Seremban district police headquarters this afternoon to facilitate investigations under Sections 323 and 427 of...
