PETALING JAYA: A witness told the Sessions Court on Tuesday (April 8) that the death of autistic boy, Zayn Rayyan Abdul Matin, is not considered a normal death, but rather classified as suspicious, or "homicide until proven otherwise." Pasir Gudang Hospital's forensic medical consultant, Dr Rohayu Shahar Adnan, 54, said before she performed the post-mortem on...
JOHOR BARU: A 20-year-old factory worker has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing an underaged girl who was believed to be her girlfriend. Nur Farisha Syahaniey Muhamad Shukur was charged with two counts of physical sexual assault against the girl, who was 13 years old at the time. In the first charge, she was accused of committing the...
KUALA LUMPUR: A former restaurant worker pleaded not guilty at the High Court here to three charges related to the Daesh group, namely providing support, possessing articles and videos, and admitting to being a member of the terrorist organisation last year. Muhammad Muzzammil Mohd Mohlis, 36, made the plea after the charges were read out to...
KUALA LUMPUR: An unemployed man was fined RM5,000 by a Magistrate's Court here on Wednesday (March 26) for making false statements regarding the birth registration of his two children and submitting false information when applying for an identity card with the National Registration Department (NRD). Magistrate Amira Abd Aziz imposed the sentence on the 62-year-old after...
BANGKOK: Thailand’s criminal court has denied former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s (pic) request to leave the country to attend the Asean meeting in Indonesia on March 7, following an invitation from the Indonesian president. Thaksin, who is facing charges under Article 112 of the Criminal Code (lese-majeste law), submitted his request at the criminal court on...
KUALA LUMPUR: 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) has withdrawn its suit against Riza Shahriz Abdul Aziz, the stepson of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, for alleged misappropriation of US$248mil in funds to finance movie productions and purchase various real estate. Counsel Rabindra S. Nathan, representing 1MDB and its three subsidiaries, told the High Court that...
SINGAPORE: A woman who hit a neighbour with a mop until its aluminium handle broke into three pieces, and told her own teenage son she was going to kill his father in his sleep, has been sentenced to jail. Jessinta Tan Suat Lin, 50, was sentenced to four weeks’ jail and fined S$4,600 on Tuesday (Feb...
PETALING JAYA: The Sessions Court was informed on Tuesday (Feb 4) that the body of a missing boy was found by the banks of a stream near a reservoir close to Block R of the Idaman Apartment in Damansara Damai, with injuries to his left ear and right hand. Cpl Sulaimen Razak, 42, a photographer from...
PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak told the High Court here on Wednesday (Jan 22) that he did not inquire as to the authenticity of the donation letters from Saudi Arabia as he assumed the letters were genuine. The former premier said he received the letters from his (then) principal private secretary Datuk Azlin Alias (now...
KUALA LUMPUR: A former director of SRC International Sdn Bhd Datuk Suboh Md Yassin told the High Court here on Wednesday (Jan 22) that he signed four blank cheques but did not know they were for Umno and Umno Selangor. Datuk Suboh Md Yassin, 74, said he signed the blank cheques after SRC's former chief executive...
