Woman dies after crashing into stone wall, believed to have been chased by husband

PETALING JAYA: A female factory worker who died in an accident at Kampung Pengkalan early Wednesday morning was believed to have had an argument with her husband before being chased by him on another motorcycle. Alor Gajah District Police Chief, Superintendent Ashari Abu Samah, said investigations revealed that there was information indicating the victim had a...

Four weeks’ jail for Singapore woman who hit neighbour with mop, threatened to kill husband in his sleep

SINGAPORE: A woman who hit a neighbour with a mop until its aluminium handle broke into three pieces, and told her own teenage son she was going to kill his father in his sleep, has been sentenced to jail. Jessinta Tan Suat Lin, 50, was sentenced to four weeks’ jail and fined S$4,600 on Tuesday (Feb...

QuickCheck: Did an irate man in JB set his wife’s car on fire?

SOME marital disputes have been known to turn fiery. One man in Johor Baru, however, took this literally by allegedly torching his wife's car. In a video that went viral on social media, the culprit blocks the woman's car with his multi-purpose vehicle before pouring petrol on the bonnet and setting it on fire. It is claimed that...

Singaporean couple missing after Taiwan quake in April 2024: Remains of husband found by farmer

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): The remains of a Singaporean man who went missing with his wife after a 7.4-magnitude quake struck Taiwan’s Hualien county in April 2024 have been found. Sim Hwee Kok and his wife, Neo Siew Choo, were officially declared dead by the Hualien district court at the behest of their family in December...

Actress Zahnita’s husband arrested following allegations of domestic violence

PETALING JAYA: Actress Zahnita Wilson's husband has been arrested following allegations of domestic violence. According to Sinar Harian, Kuantan OCPD Wan Mohd Zahari Wan Busu confirmed the arrest of the former model's husband on Monday (Dec 2). "The case will be investigated under Section 506 of the Penal Code (for criminal intimidation) and the man involved will...

Husband of Russia’s richest woman arrested on murder charge after office shootout

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vladislav Bakalchuk, the estranged husband of Russia's richest woman, was arrested and charged with murder on Thursday, his lawyers said, after a deadly shootout at the Moscow office of Russia's largest online retailer. Two people were killed in a shooting on Wednesday just a few blocks away from the Kremlin at the Wildberries...

MACC probe into Selangor DRT project not over yet, says Azam Baki

KOTA KINABALU: Investigations are still ongoing into the Demand-Responsive Transit (DRT) project awarded to Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh’s husband, said Tan Sri Azam Baki. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner said they were looking at the process used by the Selangor government in awarding the project to the company where Yeoh’s husband is...

Perak MCA lodges report on Selangor DRT deal

IPOH: Perak MCA has lodged a police report on the demand-responsive transit (DRT) Selangor Mobility Initiative pilot project being awarded to a company co-founded by Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh's husband. Its publicity bureau chief Chung Kok Heung said he believed there was a conflict of interest because Yeoh's party DAP was part of the...

German tourist drowns while swimming in Pulau Perhentian

KUALA BESUT: A German tourist drowned while swimming with her husband in Pulau Perhentian on Thursday (May 16) afternoon. Terengganu police chief Datuk Mohd Khairi Khairuddin said the victim, Dr Loosen-Freiling Iris,74, drowned while she was swimming with her husband at about 3.30pm. "During the incident, the victim’s husband, also a German, upon realising that his wife...