Five teen motorcyclists plead guilty to obstructing ambulance in Kuala Kangsar

KUALA KANGSAR: Five 17-year-old male students were brought before the Kuala Kangsar Magistrate's Court on Wednesday (Oct 29) after a viral video showed them obstructing an ambulance on the North-South Expressway, Sinar Harian reports. The Malay language daily reported that they were charged with riding motorcycles in a manner dangerous to the public at KM249 on...

Maju Group director Abu Sahid charged with RM313mil CBT case

KUALA LUMPUR: Prominent businessman Tan Sri Abu Sahid Mohamed of Maju Group has been charged at the Sessions Court with four counts of criminal breach of trust amounting to RM313mil linked to a proposed highway project. The 74-year-old company director was also slapped with 13 counts of money laundering - amounting to RM139mil - monies that...

Five men charged with smuggling 19 Myanmar nationals

KLANG: Five men were charged in the Sessions Court here on Thursday (Aug 28) for allegedly smuggling 19 Myanmar nationals at an apartment in Hulu Langat earlier this month. Muhammad Azalmie Ahmad Razali, 25; Muhammad Irwan Syapawi Che Hamid, 34; Mazlan Derahman, 39; Hazif Yusof, 46; and Mohamad Yusof Zulkipli, 29, nodded in acknowledgement as the...

Identities of accused in Zara’s bullying case must also be protected, says Children’s Commissioner

PETALING JAYA: Social media platforms must ensure that the right to privacy is maintained in the Zara Qairina Mahathir case, says the Office of the Children's Commissioner (OCC). The OCC, which is under the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam), noted that five juveniles will be brought to court to face charges linked to the July...

Security guard charged with murder

KUALA LUMPUR: A security guard was charged in the Magistrate's Court here on Monday (July 7) with the murder of a man during a street fight in Sentul two months ago. K. Nagentherah, 39, nodded in understanding after the charge was read before Magistrate MS Arunjothy, but no plea was recorded as the case falls under the...

Senior civil engineer charged with accepting RM100,000 in bribes over LTU project claims

KOTA BARU: A senior civil engineer pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court here Monday (June 16) to 14 charges of receiving RM100,000 in bribes in connection with payment claims for the Central Spine Road (LTU) project in Gua Musang, Kelantan. Based on the 14 charges, Mohd Azly Abdul Aziz, 44, in his capacity as South...

Johor teen expected to be charged today over AI-doctored lewd pics

KULAI: A 16-year-old school student who allegedly used artificial intelegence (AI) to sell altered nude photographs of people is expected to be charged on Wednesday (April 23). Sources said the boy, who allegedly sold the pictures for as low as RM2 each to about a dozen people is expected to be charged at a Kulai Magistrate's...

Four Chinese nationals who removed files from collapsed Thai building charged

BANGKOK: Authorities have charged four Chinese nationals for illegally removing 32 files of documents from the collapsed 34-storey State Audit Office (SAO) building, which was destroyed by an earthquake on March 28. A legal officer from the Chatuchak District Office’s municipal affairs division filed a complaint at Bang Sue Police Station against five Chinese individuals accused...

Cops arrest foreign couple kicked off China-bound flight after causing ruckus

SEPANG: A foreign couple who "acted" mentally unstable while on a plane bound for Jieyang Chaosan, China, at KL International Airport (KLIA) Terminal 2 here, have been confirmed not to have any mental health issues, Malay language daily Sinar Harian reports. KLIA deputy OCPD Supt Albany Hamzah told Sinar Harian that the Sultan Idris Shah Hospital...

JB woman charged with abusing three-month-old boy

JOHOR BARU: A woman has been charged at the Sessions Court here with abusing a three-month-old baby boy some six months back. Mother of four Monsinah Sapari, 48, pleaded not guilty after the charge was read out in front of Sessions Court Judge Ahmad Kamal Arifin Ismail here on Wednesday (Dec 18). According to the charge sheet,...