BUKIT MERTAJAM: A woman was killed on the spot when a container being transported on a trailer lorry toppled and crushed her car near Bukit Tengah here. The deceased has been identified as 21-year-old Lee Zi Rou, who was pronounced dead at the scene. It is learnt the woman was waiting at the Jalan Kebun Sireh-Jalan Bukit...
GEORGE TOWN: Two people are believed to have been killed when a tree fell onto their car in Lebuh Gereja here. The duo, who have yet to be identified, were inside the car parked within the compound of Pinang Peranakan Mansion during the incident at about 2.30pm on Wednesday (Sept 18). Rescue operations are ongoing as firemen...
GEORGE TOWN: Kamal (not his real name), 54, has been working for more than 30 years mainly doing maintenance work at a government agency. Sometime at the end of last year, he suffered a hand injury while operating a machine and sought treatment at a public hospital in Bukit Mertajam. “I fractured two of my fingers that...
BIZZARE behaviours in public never fail to cause a scene for all to remember for awhile. This time around, an individual believed to be a woman was seen to be dancing in a busy street in Penang, disrupting traffic flow. The individual is seen in the clip causing a scene with ‘suave’ moves disturbing road users without...
GEORGE TOWN: All 28 students from Sekolah Menengah Teknik (SMK) Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra, near Jalan Ibbetson here, were discharged on Wednesday (July 17) after receiving treatment for suspected food poisoning on Friday (July 12). They reportedly showed symptoms of food poisoning after eating fried tandoori chicken served for lunch at the school's hostel canteen that...
GEORGE TOWN: A motorcyclist has been arrested for hitting a car with a helmet during a minor road accident on Jalan Sungai Pinang here. George Town OCPD Asst Comm Razlam Ab Halim said the suspect, in his 30s, was arrested at his house in Sungai Pinang at about 7pm. "The arrest was made after a complainant lodged...
GEORGE TOWN: A 24-year-old university student was killed after falling from a 21st-floor hotel balcony in Tanjung Bungah here. She was said to be on a holiday trip with her boyfriend. They were both from Kelantan. Police were alerted after the public discovered her body while her boyfriend was in the shower during the incident at about...
GEORGE TOWN: Fourteen people, including two foreign nationals, have been detained in connection with the abduction of an Indonesian woman here. Penang police chief Datuk Comm Khaw Kok Chin said the suspects, two of them women, were arrested during a special operation dubbed Ops Scorpion Rantai following a report lodged at the Bandar Kinrara police station...
GEORGE TOWN: Eight double storey shophouses along Datuk Keramat Road here are ablaze as the fire and rescue department tries to do damage control as the fire spreads. The department in a statement said so far the fire has caused 90% damage to the heritage shop houses. "We were alerted of the fire at 8.04pm on Thursday...
GEORGE TOWN: A 28-year-old man pleaded guilty in the Sessions Court here Wednesday (Aug 9) to two charges of attempted murder for causing injury to a 44-day-old infant and three-year-old toddler. Unemployed Mohammad Azmin Hamanullah entered the plea before Sessions judge Mazdi Abdul Hamid. For the first charge, he was said to have attempted to murder the...
