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...
KUALA LUMPUR: A 49-year-old woman was stabbed to death at a restaurant located in a shopping mall in Cheras. Cheras OCPD Asst Comm Aidil Bolhassan said the incident occurred between 3pm and 4pm on Friday (Nov 29). "There were four to five stab wounds on her body. "We have detained seven of her colleagues to assist with the...
KLUANG: A mechanic lost his life when the motorcycle he was riding skidded and crashed into a streetlight at KM2.8 of the Kluang-Nyior Road last night. Kluang OCPD Asst Comm Bahrin Mohd Noh said they received a report about the accident at 10.56pm on Sunday (Nov 24). "Initial investigations at the scene revealed that the 18-year-old victim...
KUALA LUMPUR: Three people were killed while a baby was injured in a road accident here. The incident occurred early Thursday (Nov 21) morning along KM2 of the Duta-Ulu Kelang Expressway (Duke), heading towards the Segambut toll plaza from Sungai Buloh. When contacted Kuala Lumpur police chief Comm Datuk Rusdi Mohd Isa said that the accident occurred...
SARIKEI: An accident that resulted in eight deaths and two injuries here occurred when a MPV vehicle tried to flee from an inspection by police on patrol. Sarikei police acting chief Supt Aswandy Anis said the MPV, driven by a Malaysian with seven Indonesian passengers, entered the opposite lane at the Simpang Bulat diversion. He said that...
