RECENTLY, a video was circulated online of a female passenger being harassed by an ehailing driver before being abandoned by the roadside. The video, which the victim recorded, showed the driver getting out of the driver's seat and threatening the passenger with a water bottle. The passenger could be heard screaming, "Don’t touch me", as the driver...
JOHOR BARU: Police have arrested a 20-year-old man to help investigate a hit-and-run case that went viral on social media. Johor Baru South OCPD Asst Comm Raub Selamat said the man was arrested after lodging a police report on Saturday (June 29). “We have received the police report at 8.24am, involving a road accident that occurred on...
JOHOR BARU: A brutal syndicate posing as insurance agents has been uncovered in Kulai, following the murder of a 38-year-old man last month to claim a life insurance payout of RM500,000. Johor police chief Comm M. Kumar said that the syndicate had orchestrated the murder to appear as a road accident, enabling them to file an...
PETALING JAYA: Police have arrested a 38-year-old bank employee to help with investigation after over RM20mil in savings accounts purportedly “disappeared” via suspicious transactions from the same bank. Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) director Comm Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf said that four police reports have been lodged since early June. “Complainants included account holders...
KULAI: Nine men were arrested in three states in connection to the kidnapping of a 30-year-old businesswoman here. Johor police chief Comm M. Kumar said the incident was reported at 3.13pm on May 16, when the victim was abducted at her home by three machete-wielding men. “The kidnappers had asked for a ransom of RM111,000. The victim’s...
PETALING JAYA: Two men were killed following a shootout with the police at the Tanjung Malim rest stop along the North-South Expressway (NSE). Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said a team consisting of personnel from Bukit Aman and Perak CID were trailing a car at about 11.32pm on Saturday (June 1). "Realising they were...
PASIR GUDANG: Seven individuals, including a Singaporean, who were detained on Friday (May 17) in connection with the Ulu Tiram police station attack have been remanded for seven days. The remand order was issued by magistrate Hidayatul Syuhada Shamsudin from Saturday (May 18) until Friday (May 24) at the Seri Alam District police headquarters here. ALSO READ: Ulu...
JOHOR BARU: A total of 206 foreign individuals were arrested by the Immigration Department for allegedly violating the terms of their pass. Johor Immigration director Baharuddin Tahir said the arrest was made during a raid dubbed ‘Ops Mahir’ at a construction site in Pasir Gudang at 10.20am on Friday (April 26). “The operation was conducted based on...
SINGAPORE (Bernama): Around 1.5 tonne of illegally imported fresh produce and processed food from Malaysia has been seized by the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) after a joint operation with the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) earlier this week. SFA and ICA in a joint statement said the operation was conducted from March 25 to 26 on...
