Family trapped in flooded Rantau Panjang home pleads for urgent rescue

PETALING JAYA: A family of six has taken to social media, pleading for immediate rescue after their home in a low-cost housing area behind the Pantai Timur supermarket was submerged by floodwaters early Thursday morning (28 November). Siti Farah Zulaika Ibrahim, 32, said she, along with her three children and elderly parents, is trapped inside their...

Mohd Hanis family to seek legal action after fatal collision with reversing lorry in Bangsar

PETALING JAYA: The family of a motorcyclist who was fatally struck by a lorry that reversed suddenly at Jalan Pantai Dalam, Kerinchi, is planning to take legal action over the incident. The victim’s brother, Muhammad Hanif Sehat, expressed the family’s hope that the lorry driver responsible would face appropriate punishment. "I am unsure where my brother was...

Family appeals to public for help to find missing project engineer

PETALING JAYA: The family of Siew Tuck Ming, a 36-year-old project manager at a construction site, is appealing for help tracing him after losing contact since Monday (Nov 11) evening. Siew's wife, Tung Mee Teng, said her husband, who is a project engineer at a construction site in Dengkil, left for work at around 7:30am as...

China abductee reconnects with family after 34 years, is quickly estranged again over money

BEIJING (SCMP): A man in China who went through many hardships to reunite with his family 34 years after he was abducted has announced a tragic rupture with them one year after the reunion. Yu Baobao, 37, said on his social media account, which has 326,000 followers, that he had severed ties with his birth family...

We do not want political leverage, says family of doctor found dead in Sabah

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...

Missing M’sian man confirmed to have left Thailand, mum seeks answers

BANGKOK: The disappearance of Malaysian Goh Beng Shong and his girlfriend, in Bangkok has taken an unexpected turn after Thai authorities confirmed he had left Thailand on Sept 7. Goh’s mother, Tan Lee Lie, 60, who travelled from Penang to Bangkok to look for her 21-year-old son, said she contacted the Malaysian embassy in Thailand for...

GISB probe: CEO has 26 kids, only one not a follower

KOTA BARU: The chief executive officer of Global Ikhwan Services and Business (GISB) Holdings has 26 children but only one is not a follower of the group. The 25 children, from Datuk Nasiruddin Mohd Ali's marriages to four wives, are followers of GISB and work loyally without receiving a salary, even though they travel abroad regularly. However,...

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....

No end in sight yet for children at Baitul Mahabbah

A coalition of 21 human rights organisations and activists – collectively known as the End Child Detention Network (EDN) – raises concern that children at the Baitul Mahabbah immigration detention centre are still being detained a year after its launch, and urges that they are released to community-based alternatives. They say that what was intended as...

Family weeps as slain teacher Istiqomah begins final journey to Pasir Mas hometown

MELAKA: Tears flowed among family members of murder victim Istiqomah Ahmad Rozi during her final journey from Melaka Hospital's mortuary to a burial ground at Kampung Kubang Badak, Pasir Mas in Kelantan. The family members including children, all clad in black, wept as the van carrying the remains of the 34-year-old teacher left the mortuary at...