Duo charged with disposing of gun used to kidnap Johor businessman

KOTA TINGGI: Two men have been charged at the Magistrate's Court here with disposing of a gun that was used in the kidnap of a 59-year-old developer from Johor. Tan Kuan Wei, 43, and Siow Boon Pin, 38, who work as a welder and scrap item collector, pleaded not guilty to the charge read out to...

Sipadan resort kidnappings: Philippine court jails 17 Abu Sayyaf militants for life

MANILA: Seventeen members of an Islamic State-linked militant group have been sentenced to life in prison for kidnapping foreign and Filipino nationals in Malaysia nearly 25 years ago, the Philippine Justice Department said on Monday (Oct 21). In April 2000, members of the Abu Sayyaf group kidnapped at gunpoint 21 people from a holiday resort on...

Main suspect in Albertine’s abduction to face 15 charges tomorrow, says police

JOHOR BARU: The main suspect involved in the abduction of six-year-old Albertine Leo Jia Hui will face a total of 15 charges, says Johor police chief Comm M. Kumar. He added that the suspect would be brought to the Johor Baru Court Complex and the Kulai Magistrate's Court tomorrow (Aug 8) to be charged. “The police have...

No spike in missing persons cases, says Home Minister

PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail has refuted allegations that there has been a sudden spike of missing persons cases of late. According to the Home Minister, police data indicates an annual average of 900 such cases. "The fact is over the last five years, the average has been about 900 cases every year. "There is no pattern...

Man escapes gallows, gets 38 years in jail for kidnapping, murdering glove factory manager

PUTRAJAYA: A former freelance computer technician escaped the gallows after the Federal Court here commuted his death sentence to 38 years in prison for kidnapping and murdering a glove factory manager whose body was found at a landfill in Sungai Siput, Perak, 17 years ago. The court’s three-judge panel, headed by Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun...

Suspect in missing Bella case leads cops to skeletal remains

BATU PAHAT: The police have found skeletal remains of a woman believed to be Mira Sharmila Samsusah, the single mother also known as Bella who was reported missing more than a month ago. Johor police chief Comm Datuk Kamarul Zaman Mamat said the main suspect in the case led police to the location where the human...