Police await DPP’s decision on alleged gang rape case at Melaka school

JASIN: The investigation paper on the alleged sexual assault involving four Form Five male students against a Form Three female student at a secondary school in Alor Gajah has been referred to the Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP). Melaka police chief Datuk Dzulkhairi Mukhtar said a decision on whether the students will be charged is expected to...

Three charged for allegedly murdering man who exposed himself outside kindergarten

JASIN: Three men were jointly charged in the Magistrate’s Court here with the murder of a man who allegedly exposed his genitals outside a kindergarten. The accused — lorry driver K. Krishnamorthy, 66; supermarket assistant Mohd Azmi Mohd Nor, 34; and mechanic M. Yogesvaran, 25 — claimed trial before Magistrate Mazana Sinin on Wednesday (Aug 6). According...

Teen girl dies after being flung from car on highway in Melaka

MELAKA: A 13-year-old girl was killed after being flung from a multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) and landing on the opposite lane in a road tragedy along KM189.1 of the North-South Expressway in Jasin. Jasin OCPD Supt Mohamad Rusli Mat identified the victim as Iris Sofea Mohamed Siddiq Khan, who died at the scene following the incident at...

Dr Wee pays last respects to mother of former party president Liow Tiong Lai

PETALING JAYA: MCA President Dr Wee Ka Siong paid his last respects to former party president Tan Sri Liow Tiong Lai’s mother who passed away in Melaka. In a Facebook posting, Dr Wee penned a moving tribute to the late Yap Kim Pee saying: “Madam Yap was a remarkable woman who raised six children with her...

Former Jasin MP Mohd Said Yusof passes away at 70

MELAKA: Former Jasin MP Datuk Mohd Said Yusof has passed away at the age of 70. According to his daughter Nur Adawiah, Mohd Said breathed his last at 8.10pm Monday (Aug 28) at the Melaka Hospital. "He was suffering from diseases like heart problems and diabetes and had been frequently admitted to hospital since last December,” she...