Penang cops confirm identities of Chinese tourists killed by uprooted tree

GEORGE TOWN: Police have confirmed the identities of the two Chinese tourists who were killed by a fallen tree in the compound of the Penang Peranakan Mansion in Lebuh Gereja here, on Wednesday. Northeast District Police chief ACP Razlam Ab Hamid said the victims were identified as Liu Zhu, 69 and his daughter Liu Xinxin, 36....

Father, daughter die as tree falls on car in Penang

GEORGE TOWN: The bodies of two Chinese tourists who were trapped in a car when a tree fell on it in Pinang Peranakan Mansion in Lebuh Gereja here have been recovered. Firemen managed to retrieve the bodies of a man in his 50s and a woman in her 30s, believed to be a father and daughter...

Kota Kinabalu Bomba removes tree that fell on lorry and car

KOTA KINABALU: Firemen removed a fallen tree that hit a lorry and a car along Jalan Tuaran Bypass here. A call came in at 5.34pm on Monday (July 15) alerting them of the incident, said a Fire and Rescue Department spokesman. He said no one was hurt in the incident. "A team of 10 firemen from Lintas was...

Tree falls on Melaka CM’s convoy

KUALA LUMPUR: Another stormy day – and more trees are toppling over. As rain and strong winds swept through the city, a huge tree fell in Jalan Pinang, damaging several vehicles, including a car in the Melaka Chief Minister Datuk Seri Ab Rauf Yusoh’s convoy – a police multi-purpose vehicle. The tree that fell was just 600m...

One dead, another injured as tree falls in KL city centre

KUALA LUMPUR: One person has died and another injured after a tree fell on Jalan Sultan Ismail here, hitting 17 vehicles. KL Fire and Rescue Department assistant director (operations) M. Fatta M. Amin said they received a distress call at 2.19pm on Tuesday (May 7). "We dispatched 27 firemen, four fire engines and four emergency medical rescue...