PETALING JAYA: Police have confirmed that the main suspect in the murder of Nur Farah Kartini Abdullah is a policeman. This was disclosed by both Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Hussein Omar Khan and new Perak police chief Comm Datuk Azizi Mat Aris on Tuesday (July 16). Comm Azizi said the 26-year-old individual is a lans koperal...
SEOUL: One of the three suspects behind the May murder of a South Korean tourist in Pattaya, Thailand has been extradited here Wednesday (July 10), 58 days after he was apprehended in Cambodia. Korea's National Police Agency said the 27-year-old suspect arrived via Incheon International Airport this morning. He was nabbed by police in Phnom Penh, Cambodia...
IPOH: The High Court here has fixed Aug 1 for mention, giving both the prosecution and the defence time to file written submissions regarding the bail application of a senior police officer charged with the murder of a secondary school student last year. Justice Datuk Bhupindar Singh Gurcharan Singh Preet said that he would set a...
MANILA: The Manila Regional Trial Court has issued a gag order prohibiting all parties in the murder case of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo from discussing the case in public. Degamo and nine others were killed in a March 4, 2023 attack. Expelled Negros Oriental Congressman Arnolfo Teves and several others are facing 10 counts of...
WHEN it comes to crime syndicates, it is not unheard of for insurance fraud to be one of the ways for these groups to make money through illegal means. That said, it is rarer - and consequently more shocking - for such syndicates to kill unwitting people as part of their modus operandi. It was claimed recently...
JEMPOL: A man has been arrested for the alleged murder of his 63-year-old mother. Jempol police chief Supt Hoo Chang Hook said preliminary investigations have revealed that the 33-year-old suspect, who was the victim's oldest child, was mentally unwell. "We received a call around noon today about an argument between a mother and her son which led...
JOHOR BARU: A brutal syndicate posing as insurance agents has been uncovered in Kulai, following the murder of a 38-year-old man last month to claim a life insurance payout of RM500,000. Johor police chief Comm M. Kumar said that the syndicate had orchestrated the murder to appear as a road accident, enabling them to file an...
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...
IPOH: A 36-year-old unemployed man has surrendered to the police and confessed to killing his wife at a hotel in Batu Gajah. Perak police chief Comm Datuk Seri Mohd Yusof Hassan Vasei said the man surrendered at the Batu Gajah police station at about 2pm on Thursday (June 20). ACP Mohd Yusof said the man is believed...
KOTA KINABALU: Police have reclassified a case to murder after the victim died while receiving treatment in hospital, a week after a fight with a colleague in Paitan. The 43-year-old Indonesian plantation worker, who was severely injured, died on June 14. Beluran district police chief Supt Hasan Majid (pic) said two men were involved in a fight following a...
