GEORGE TOWN: An engineer here has lost more than RM300,000 after falling victim to a phone scam. Penang police chief Comm Datuk Hamzah Ahmad said the 35-year-old woman, who works at a factory in Bayan Lepas, was contacted on March 25 by a man claiming to be a representative of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission...
GUA MUSANG: The Disaster Operations Control Centre has identified at least four sinkholes in the area around the FT185 route, Section 78.60 of the Lojing-Gua Musang Road near Kampung Jekjok, Pos Brooke, which occurred on Dec 14. Gua Musang Disaster Operations Control Centre chairman Nik Raisnan Daud said that currently, the repair work on the route...
PETALING JAYA: Malaysian entrepreneur and engineer Datuk Dr Dennis Ganendra (pic) has been awarded the prestigious British Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE) International Fellowship. This fellowship is the highest honour bestowed by the RAE and recognises Ganendra’s contributions to engineering, including his commitment to and continuing high deliverables in innovation, infrastructure projects, policy and academic advancement. Ganendra...
TANAH MERAH: An engineer with a shipping company was charged at the Magistrates Court here today, with the murder of a civil servant in Machang on Sept 3. The accused, Harun Narresat Ibrahim, 46, nodded his head in understanding when the charge was read out to him before Magistrate Nik Habri Muhamad, with no plea recorded. According...
PETALING JAYA: An engineer in China resorted to posing as a police officer conducting vice raids to swindle money from sex workers. Guang Ming Daily reported the man, surnamed Han, owed money to illegal moneylenders after making a huge loss in an investment scheme. After a failed attempt to get a loan in Hangzhou in April, he...
