Girl plunges down four floors in China shopping mall after glass panel comes loose

BEIJING: A girl died after falling four storeys to the ground in a shopping mall in eastern China’s Shandong province on Saturday (Nov 16). The girl had been standing near the top of an escalator, leaning on an adjacent glass panel when it gave way at about 8.30pm, according to media outlets. The accident occurred at...

Pavilion management apologises for Christmas tree mishap involving tourist

PETALING JAYA: Pavilion Kuala Lumpur has issued an apology for an incident where a branch of a Christmas tree fell on a Singaporean shopper. The shopping complex's management said it regretted the incident on Monday (Dec 25) adding that its medical and safety team promptly responded and accompanied the shopper to the nearest clinic for immediate...

Puchong floods: Couple lose dream car barely an hour after getting it

PETALING JAYA: A couple who just bought their new dream car had the fleeting pleasure of enjoying it for less than an hour before it was submerged in water due to the flood. In a post on Facebook, Azhazul Azri said that the couple was a client of his brother who just received a brand new...

Puchong flood: 71 stores, 65 vehicles affected at mall, agencies probing landslide cause

PUCHONG: Seventy-one stores and 65 vehicles were affected during the flood at IOI Mall Puchong in Bandar Puchong Jaya, says Serdang OCPD Asst Comm AA Anbalagan. “The rising waters were caused by a downpour that began at 5.45pm and lasted until 7.30pm yesterday (Dec 16),” he said at a press conference at the site of the...

TMJ recounts traumatic experience at Siam Paragon

JOHOR BARU: The Bangkok luxury mall shooting was a traumatic experience for Tunku Mahkota Johor Tunku Ismail Ibni Sultan Ibrahim and his family, who were within earshot of the incident. Recounting the anxious episode, the Johor crown prince said he and his family were sitting at a hotel lobby near the mall and when the shots...