BALIK PULAU: Police have detained three teenagers, including a 16-year-old girl, suspected of being members of a syndicate responsible for sourcing mule bank accounts used in online fraudulent activities. Southwest district police chief Supt Kamarul Rizal Jenal said that the girl and two 19-year-old boys were detained yesterday in Bayan Lepas. "Acting on a tip-off and following...
WITH the Malaysian passport being one of the most valuable in Asia in terms of the countries it can give a person access to, it would seem natural that there would be those who would try to get their hands on one by hook or by crook. It was claimed recently that a Sri Lankan teenager...
BERLIN (Reuters) - German police detained a U.S. man suspected of stalking Taylor Swift and making threats against her and her partner on social media as he was trying to go to the mega pop star's concert in the western city of Gelsenkirchen, they said on Thursday. The 34-year-old man, who had a ticket, was identified...
KUALA LUMPUR: Police have arrested another TikTok account owner over alleged threats made against social media influencer, A. Rajeswary, 30, better known as Esha. Sentul district police chief ACP Ahmad Sukarno Mohd Zahari said the 44-year-old male suspect was arrested at 6.30pm in Setapak on Wednesday (July 10). "The suspect, a lorry driver, has been remanded for...
KUALA LUMPUR: A financial strategic adviser with a Datuk Seri title was detained by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on suspicion of submitting claims containing false particulars for company merger work valued at approximately RM150,000. An MACC source informed that the suspect, a man in his 50s, was detained at 5pm Tuesday (July 9) at the...
KOTA BARU: Police have arrested a man and seized 823 yaba pills, estimated to be worth RM12,345 in Kampung Taman Wira, Kampung Kedap, Rantau Panjang. Pasir Mas district police chief Kama Azural Mohamed said the man was detained during a midnight raid on a wooden shed in the village. "The police also seized a car and a...
BALIK PULAU: Police on Friday (April 20) night detained a woman who allegedly splashed hot water on a man with Down Syndrome in an apartment elevator, here. Southwest acting police chief Deputy Superintendent Jafri Md Zain said the 39-year-old suspect was detained at 9.21pm in the apartment grounds. "The woman resides in the apartment area and she...
KANGAR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) arrested an employee of the Perlis State Fisheries Office who is believed to have received monthly kickbacks from a company two years ago. According to an MACC source, the 44-year-old man is believed to have received bribes amounting to RM800 monthly as an inducement so that the Fisheries Department would...
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 59 illegal immigrants were arrested in an Immigration Dept operation codenamed 'Ops Sapu' on 22 units of an apartment in Kepong on Saturday (March 23). Kuala Lumpur Immigration Department Director Wan Mohammed Saupee Wan Yusoff said the 37 men and 22 women caught are from Myanmar, Indonesia, India and Nepal. "They were...
ISKANDAR PUTERI: A total of 44 foreign individuals were arrested by the Immigration Department during a raid on an entertainment centre here. Johor Immigration director Baharuddin Tahir said the raid, dubbed Ops Gegar, was conducted at 12.10am on March 15 based on a public tip-off. “We were informed that there have been cases of foreign individuals staying...
