TAWAU: The prosecution in the trial of 13 Kolej Vokasional Lahad Datu students charged with murdering Mohamad Nazmie Aizzat Mohd Narul Azwan will prove that the accused assaulted the Biotechnology programme student before he died. Deputy Public Prosecutor Nur Nisla Abd Latif said an autopsy conducted on March 23, 2024, confirmed that Mohamad Nazmie Aizzat's cause...
KOTA KINABALU: Lahad Datu is bracing for an extreme high tide phenomenon bound for several areas and villages in the east coast Sabah district from Saturday (Oct 19). The Lahad Datu disaster management committee has activated its district disaster control operation centre (PKOB) to keep people safe and deal with the fallout if the phenomenon lands. District...
KOTA KINABALU: Police are investigating allegations by two women that they were molested by a male colleague in Sabah's east coast district of Tawau. The women and the alleged perpetrator work in a federal department in the nearby Lahad Datu district. Tawau police chief Asst Comm Jasmin Hussin stated the incidents reportedly occurred after the women visited...
KUALA LUMPUR: The family of the doctor who died in Lahad Datu has no intention of using her death for political leverage. “I just want justice for my daughter,” said her mother, Lim Siang Heyeo. At a press conference on Tuesday (Oct 9) at Wisma MCA, the brother of pathology specialist Dr Tay Tien Yaa said he...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry and Sabah Health Department have been urged to expedite their investigation of a specialist doctor's death in Lahad Datu. Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) president Datuk Dr Kalwinder Singh Khaira said the tragic loss underscores serious concerns about the mental health and wellbeing of doctors in the public healthcare system. ALSO READ: Dzulkefly wants...
KOTA KINABALU: A 10,000-litre tanker carrying diesel was destroyed when it caught fire in Lahad Datu district on Monday (Aug 12). No one was hurt, said the Fire and Rescue Department. According to the department, they received a call at 4:07pm alerting them to an incident on a road near Taman Palm Height. “A team of 16 from...
KOTA KINABALU: The pistol that caused the death of Lahad Datu OCPD's teenage daughter was kept in a locked cupboard, say Sabah police. Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Jauteh Dikun said that based on their investigations there was no negligence in terms of the firearm's storage. Jauteh said that police investigations looked at aspects of negligence in terms...
KOTA KINABALU: Police have obtained a further seven-day remand order for 13 vocational school students in connection with investigations into the murder of their dormitory mate in Lahad Datu on March 22. Magistrate Nur Asyraf Zolhani granted the application by police after the suspects were brought to the Lahad Datu courthouse at 9.20am on Friday (March...
KOTA KINABALU: A dispute over the theft of RM85 might have led to the death of a 17-year-old vocational school student at a hostel in Sabah's east Lahad Datu district on Friday (March 22). It is believed that the teenager was attacked by his dormitory mates after they accused him of stealing RM85 belonging to two...
KOTA KINABALU: Eight teenage girls - some as young as 14 - were rescued from a factory where they were made to work as forced labour in Sabah’s east coast Lahad Datu district. The factory was also found employing foreigners without valid travel passes or working permits during the raid by the Sabah Criminal Investigation Department’s...
