PETALING JAYA: Jojo of the group One Nation Emcees, whose real name is Nur Hasan Balas, passed away on Sunday morning, believed to be from a heart attack. The news was shared by singer Mimy Fly, who said that Jojo died after collapsing in a mosque. "He had a stroke a few months ago. I found out...
MUAR: A lorry driver has died after the vehicle he was driving rear-ended a trailer at KM132.3 of the North-South Expressway here. Muar police chief ACP Raiz Mukhliz Azman Aziz said that following a report from the public at about 7am, initial investigations showed that the accident occurred when the trailer, driven by a 49-year-old man,...
JAKARTA: A massive fire engulfed one of Jakarta’s oldest malls, Glodok Plaza, in Taman Sari, West Jakarta, on Wednesday (Jan 15) night, with the city’s Fire and Rescue Agency deploying more than 47 fire trucks and 200 personnel to the site. The remains of the fire were being extinguished on Thursday evening, and one person has...
KOTA KINABALU: Six people, including a baby, were killed after the car they were in was involved in a three-vehicle collision along Jalan Kelumpang in the east coast Semporna-Tawau road on Sunday (Jan 12) afternoon. All six victims in the car were pronounced dead at the scene by the medical team, according to Semporna Fire and...
KOTA TINGGI: Four people, including a six-month-old boy, have been killed in an accident involving a car and a five-tonne lorry on Jalan Batu 3 here. Kota Tinggi Fire and Rescue Department operations commander Shahrulnizam Johari said they received a distress call on the incident at 12.52pm on Saturday (Jan 11). "The four victims were pronounced dead...
KOTA BARU: A senior citizen has died after the car he was driving was involved in an accident with three other vehicles at KM51 Jalan Kota Baru-Kuala Krai in Machang near here. Machang fire station chief Ahmad Alfarra Mohamad Zin said the 63-year-old victim was trapped in his car and pronounced dead at the scene by...
CHIANG MAI: Police and public health officials in Chiang Mai conducted a sting operation on Tuesday (Dec 24), using a foreign undercover agent to purchase magic mushrooms from a shop on Tha Pae Road in Muang district. The undercover agent purchased a bag of mushrooms for 500 baht (S$20), prompting authorities to raid the shop and...
KUALA LUMPUR: A lecturer, students from Universiti Malaya (UM), and an animal rights activist are among seven individuals questioned in connection with the recent cat deaths at the university. City police chief Datuk Rusdi Mohd Isa said that the carcass of a cat, found on Dec 21, was handed over to the police by the activist...
KULAI: A female Singaporean has been killed and her boyfriend badly injured after the motorcycle they were on crashed along the North-South Expressway near Sedenak here. Kulai OCPD Asst Comm Tan Seng Lee said police were notified about the fatal accident at around 9.15am on Tuesday (Dec 10). "The high-powered motorcycle, driven by a 23-year-old Singaporean man...
BANGKOK: The case of a female singer who died after receiving a massage at a parlour in Udon Thani province in Thailand went viral on Sunday (Dec 8). According to a Nation TV report, a singer identified as Phing Chyada had said her symptoms since receiving the massage, which included neck twisting, in November were getting...
