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...
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...
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...
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,...
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....
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...
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...
MELAKA: The wife of the suspect implicated in the murder of 25-year-old Nur Farah Kartini Abdullah cries every day, says her elder brother. "My sister cries every day, her emotions have been in turmoil ever since she learned about the incident," says the man in his 40s who declined to be named. Sinar Harian reported in an...
KUCHING: The shortage of certified professionals to handle programmes for individuals with special needs, particularly autism, will be raised with the Education Ministry (MOE). Women, Family, and Community Development (KPWKM) Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri, said the ministry will discuss and provide recommendations to the MOE to bring this issue before the Cabinet for action. "We at...
KUALA LUMPUR: The death of three people in a closed apartment unit is believed to had been from suicide, police says. Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Hussein Omar Khan, in a statement Thursday (Sept 7), said that the police received a call regarding the deaths at 7.31am. Investigations by a police team dispatched to the scene at...
