SANDAKAN: The body of a man who was feared to have been killed by a crocodile while fishing in Sungai Sibuga, near Taman Kenari here, has been found dead. The 30-year-old victim, identified as Ubing Markum, was last seen around 4pm on Monday (July 14) when he left his house to cast nets in the river. At...
GEORGE TOWN: A search and rescue (SAR) operation has been launched following reports that a 33-year-old man fell from the Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah Bridge, or Second Penang Bridge, on Wednesday (July 2). He is reported to have fallen at KM14 of the bridge in the direction from Batu Maung to Batu Kawan at 4.23am,...
KUANTAN: A man and his wife were killed, while their three children were injured when the car they were travelling in collided with a lorry at Batu 8, Lepar, here on Tuesday (June 17) night. Pekan police chief Superintendent Mohd Zaidi Mat Zin said the crash, which occurred at about 10pm, involved a Proton Wira car...
SEREMBAN: The police have arrested a man who allegedly attacked a female driver, resulting in injuries after an accident along Jalan Persiaran Senawang 4 here Saturday night. Seremban OCPD Mohamad Hatta Che Din said the man, 35, was arrested at the Seremban district police headquarters this afternoon to facilitate investigations under Sections 323 and 427 of...
BANGKOK (The Nation Thailand/ANN): A 30-year-old Chinese man holding Vanuatu nationality was recently arrested for allegedly embezzling 11 billion baht from a Chinese construction company and overstaying his visa in Thailand, the Immigration Bureau said on Saturday night. Immigration police discovered that the suspect, identified as Zhang Wei, had entered illegally and hidden himself in Bangkok. Investigators...
SINGAPORE: In need of money to settle his loans, a man agreed to “rent out” his bank account which was later used to receive more than S$3.3 million. Kong Juu Wenn, who found out that the account would be used to facilitate transactions linked to illegal online gambling activities, received $1,800 as a reward. On Wednesday (March...
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): A man accused of stabbing a priest at St Joseph’s Church in November 2024 was given additional charges on Monday (March 17). Basnayake Keith Spencer, 37, now faces three counts of being in possession of a weapon on the day of the attack, on Nov 9, 2024, on top of one charge...
SINGAPORE: After slapping his wife and threatening to beat her to death with a metal rod, a man sexually assaulted and raped the woman. The 42-year-old man initially claimed trial to most of the charges he faced relating to the incident, which took place in November 2020. He contended that the sexual acts were consensual. But after two...
NEW DELHI: Back in 2019, a lower Indian court in the central Indian state Chhattisgarh convicted a 40-year-old man of rape and “unnatural sex” with his wife, who died within hours of the alleged assault. Her husband was held guilty of “culpable homicide not amounting to murder” and sentenced to “rigorous imprisonment” for 10 years. But in...
KOTA KINABALU: A 50-year-old man is missing after being attacked by a crocodile while fishing in Sungai Batang Baru, near Batu 10, on Thursday (Feb 27) evening. According to witnesses, the victim was scattering fertiliser into the river to prepare for fishing when a crocodile suddenly lunged at him and dragged him underwater. Sandakan Fire and Rescue...
