KUALA LUMPUR: Renowned composer Datuk S. Atan, 75, has passed at his residence in Taman Bukit Kajang Baru, Selangor, from a lung infection. The death of S. Atan, whose real name was Hashim Said, was confirmed by his wife Datin Norizan Yeob on Saturday (Nov 16). "Yes, my husband breathed his last at home," she said. Meanwhile, Malaysian...
BUKIT MERTAJAM: Crushed under a cargo container, Lee Zi Rou summoned the last of her strength to call her mother. "Mummy! It hurts so much!" the 21-year-old woman gasped into her handphone. Her mother, 42-year-old Lim, frantically asked her daughter where she was but was met with silence. "I sensed she had died," said Lim in a video...
BUKIT MERTAJAM: A woman was killed on the spot when a container being transported on a trailer lorry toppled and crushed her car near Bukit Tengah here. The deceased has been identified as 21-year-old Lee Zi Rou, who was pronounced dead at the scene. It is learnt the woman was waiting at the Jalan Kebun Sireh-Jalan Bukit...
GEORGE TOWN: A man killed a woman and her father before attempting to take his own life in what is believed to be a tragic case of unrequited love. The man, 32, was rushed to the hospital after he was found with multiple stab and cut wounds on his body at the ground floor of an...
SINGAPORE: An Indonesian maid was charged on Wednesday (Nov 6) with causing grievous hurt by performing a rash act in an accident in River Valley that killed a four-year-old girl. Lilyana Eva, 32, is accused of committing the offence shortly before 5pm on Jan 23. According to court documents, she allegedly failed to ensure the safety of...
PUTRAJAYA: Pneumonia was the leading cause of death in Malaysia in 2023 with 18,181 fatalities, says Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin. He said the Statistics on Causes of Death, Malaysia 2024 report indicates that pneumonia accounted for 15.2% of the 119,952 medically certified deaths that year. "Pneumonia supersedes ischaemic heart disease as the principal...
PETALING JAYA: When the tragic news of former One Direction member Liam Payne’s death broke, Malaysian Directioners, as fans of the British/Irish boy band are known, woke to a tidal wave of heartbreak and tears. The 31-year-old singer was found dead after reportedly falling from a third floor hotel balcony in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, according...
KUALA LUMPUR: The family of the doctor who died in Lahad Datu has no intention of using her death for political leverage. “I just want justice for my daughter,” said her mother, Lim Siang Heyeo. At a press conference on Tuesday (Oct 9) at Wisma MCA, the brother of pathology specialist Dr Tay Tien Yaa said he...
KUALA TERENGGANU: A senior citizen who was reported missing after going off into his orchard was found dead this morning from a suspected wild elephant attack. Hulu Terengganu district police chief DSP Zainul Mujahidin Mat Yudin said the victim, Musa Ahmad, 65, was found by villagers in the orchard area about 100 metres from his orchard...
PETALING JAYA: An independent Special Task Force has been set up to investigate the incident of the death of a pathology specialist in Lahad Datu, announces Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad. The Health Minister said the task force, which takes effect from Oct 10, would be chaired by former Public Services Department director-general Tan Sri Borhan...
