KOTA KINABALU: Two Chinese tourists were arrested for allegedly sending a bomb threat email to an airline company after not being able to change their flight seats. It is understood that the man, 29, and woman, 28, had contacted their travel agent to change their flight seats but received no response. Furious, they sent an email to...
JAKARTA (AFP): A plane carrying hundreds of hajj pilgrims back to Indonesia from the Middle East was diverted Saturday after a bomb threat, the transport ministry and police said, the second such incident in a week. Saudia Airlines flight SV5688 had flown from the Saudi city of Jeddah to the Omani capital Muscat before travelling on...
BALIK PULAU: Police arrested four individuals, including two men and two women, in separate raids on Tuesday (March 11), believed to be owners of mule accounts used in several fraud syndicates, resulting in victims losing a total of RM147,600. Barat Daya District police chief ACP Sazalee Adam said the first raid led to the arrest of...
ISTANBUL: A flight operated by India’s Vistara Airlines made an emergency landing on Friday (Sept 6) around 4.30pm (9.30pm in Singapore) in Erzurum in eastern Turkey, after a piece of paper with “bomb on board” written on it was found in a lavatory, Turkish officials said. Two bomb disposal experts and one search dog were continuing...
KERALA, (India): Air India flight 657 landed at Thiruvananthapuram Airport on Thursday (Aug 22) after a bomb threat was received. A full emergency has been declared, said Thiruvananthapuram Airport officials. The flight has been kept in the isolation bay. Passengers are to be evacuated soon, said Thiruvananthapuram Airport officials. According to a statement from the Thiruvananthapuram International...
JOHOR BARU: A town hall session will be conducted by the police together with shopping mall and hotel management in the city following a fake bomb threat last Saturday (Oct 14). Johor police chief Comm Datuk Kamarul Zaman Mamat said that the session will involve a sharing session with the management and its security team to...
PETALING JAYA: Police arrested a man who allegedly phoned in a fake bomb threat to a shopping mall in Ipoh, Perak. The 38-year-old man was arrested at a house in Tasek, Ipoh about five hours after the report on the incident was received. Ipoh OCPD Asst Comm Yahaya Hassan said that based on the statement and confession...
