IPOH:A 50-year-old man was charged at the Magistrate’s Court here with murdering another man at a rehabilitation and nursing home. Lai Mun Kong was charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code, which provides the death penalty upon sentencing. No plea was recorded and Magistrate Jesseca Daimis set Sept 29 for mention. Deputy Public Prosecutor Nur Aqilah Syaza...
IPOH: An unemployed man's wife informed the Magistrate's Court here of her intention to retract a police report against her husband, who had threatened her earlier this month, for the sake of their young family. S. Premlata, 36, told Magistrate Jesseca Daimis that they still have two young children to care for and she would post...
IPOH: Keep politics away from the Merdeka Day celebrations, says Deputy Youth and Sports Minister Adam Adli Md Halim. He said that the proposal by Perikatan Nasional Youth leader Ahmad Fadhli Shaari to use different themes and logos for the celebrations in the four Perikatan-ruled states is wrong and should not be done. "National Day is celebrated...
IPOH: Two people were killed and another seriously injured after the car they were in lost control and crashed into an electric post at Jalan Kuala Kangsar at about 2.15am on Sunday (Aug 20). Perak Fire and Rescue Department operations centre officer-in-charge Saiful Rizan Sulaiman said the two deceased were declared dead at the scene by...
IPOH: A worker died after being buried alive while he was breaking hardened cement at at a manhole of a silo of a cement factory in Kinta district here on Monday (Aug 14). The Perak Occupational Safety and Health Department (JKKP) Director's Office in a statement here on Wednesday (Aug 16) said that when the incident...
IPOH: A family from Taman Desa Kebudayaan here is looking for their teenage son who has gone missing. Ipoh OCPD Asst Comm Yahaya Hassan said Pang Sin Siang, 15, has gone missing since July 30. ACP Yahaya said the teenager's last known address is No 22, Persiaran Wira Jaya Timur 17, Taman Desa Kebudayaan. "He is stout and...
IPOH: A 24-year-old trader has been charged with robbing and voluntarily causing hurt to a man at Jalan Gurdwara here last month. Zulhelmi Abdul Wahab pleaded not guilty after the charge under Section 394 of the Penal Code was read before Sessions Court judge Ainul Shahrin Mohamad here on Monday (Aug 14). Zulhelmi allegedly committed the offence...
IPOH: A director of a bitumen manufacturing company at the Tungzen Industrial Park in Kampung Kepayang, Batu Gajah, has been charged with using controlled goods in their operations without permit. Datuk Loke Mei Chan, 54, pleaded not guilty after the charge under Regulation 21 of the Control of Supplies Regulations, together with Section 22 (4) of...
IPOH: Efforts to promote Ipoh and Perak as a tourist destination are now ongoing in Thailand, says Loh Sze Yee. The Perak tourism committee chairman said the tourism industry players in Thailand are working hard to promote Ipoh and the state, following a familiarisation trip here a few months ago. "We brought in 30 tour operators from...
IPOH: A mother and her boyfriend have claimed trial at the Sessions Court here to a charge of abandoning her son. The accused, a 23-year-old woman and 26-year-old S. Uthayakumar pleaded not guilty after the charges against them were read together in Tamil before Judge Ainul Shahrin Mohamad at the court on Tuesday (Aug 8). Both allegedly...
