MELAKA: A second sample was taken for tests from five patients suspected of being infected with Leptospirosis after a school visit to the Jasin Hot Springs. The health, human resources and unity committee chairman, Ngwe Hee Sem, said that based on the first sample, only one patient tested positive for the disease. "We are still waiting for...
MELAKA: A second sample was taken for tests from five patients suspected of being infected with Leptospirosis after a school visit to the Jasin Hot Springs. The health, human resources and unity committee chairman, Ngwe Hee Sem, said that based on the first sample, only one patient tested positive for the disease. "We are still waiting for...
MELAKA: A 25-year-old man has been arrested after allegedly carrying out a firebomb attack for a Singapore-based loan shark syndicate at a residence in Taman Mengkuang, Alor Gajah here on June 6. Melaka police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Zainol Samah said a team of police officers managed to track the suspect to his home in Taman...
PUTRAJAYA: Eight individuals, including brokers, bank officers and a company director, have been remanded for alleged bribery involving close to RM2mil from a syndicate selling Felda-owned land in Melaka. It is learnt that graft investigators arrested three brokers and two civilians in Kuala Lumpur while two bank officers and a company director were arrested in Sabah. The...
MELAKA: A case of food poisoning reportedly caused by mussels has been reported to the Melaka Health Department. State health, human resources and unity committee chairman Ngwe Hee Sem said the victim, a 34-year-old man, was admitted to Hospital Alor Gajah on Saturday (June 8). "There was indeed a case... reported at Hospital Alor Gajah, but (the...
MELAKA: A case of food poisoning reportedly caused by mussels has been reported to the Melaka Health Department. State health, human resources and unity committee chairman Ngwe Hee Sem said the victim, a 34-year-old man, was admitted to Hospital Alor Gajah on Saturday (June 8). "There was indeed a case... reported at Hospital Alor Gajah, but (the...
MELAKA: Police have crippled a job scam operation (call centre) operating in a condominium in Kota Laksamana with the arrest of seven locals, including a teenager. Melaka Tengah OCPD Assistant Commissioner Christopher Patit said the syndicate was uncovered following a raid on the residential unit at 6pm on Thursday (June 6). "The Commercial Crime Investigation Division from...
ALOR GAJAH: A 33-year-old man was seriously injured when his younger brother allegedly slashed him during a dispute over a motorcycle. Alor Gajah OCPD Supt Ashari Abu Samah said the incident occurred on Wednesday (June 5) night at the fishing village of Kuala Linggi here. He said the elder brother refused to let the suspect use his...
MELAKA: A 34-year-old housewife from the Portuguese Settlement here hopes to get a priceless Mother's Day gift by seeing her eldest daughter win a beauty pageant. Cheryl Christybell De Silva has been putting a lot of effort into seeing her 17-year-old daughter Gabriella Amber De Costa win in the second edition of the Miss Teen Global...
MELAKA: Delegates from the Melaka government are in The Hague, Netherlands to examine a 265-year-old manuscript that could shed more light on the legendary Malay warrior Hang Tuah. The document, which is at Leiden University in The Hague, is the world's oldest Hang Tuah Tale manuscript dating back to 1758. Other documents include the Hikayat Hang Tuah,...
