GOPENG: The driver of a Penang-bound express bus abandoned his vehicle during an integrated operation targeting commercial vehicles at the Gopeng Rural Transformation Centre here Thursday (Nov 28) night. The bus was carrying 11 passengers from Kuala Lumpur's Southern Integrated Terminal to Sungai Nibong. An inspection of the vehicle found what is believed to be drug paraphernalia. National...
PUTRAJAYA: A motorcycle repeatedly travelling around Rantau Panjang, Kelantan, has led to the discovery of a syndicate smuggling illegal immigrants. The Director-General of the Immigration Department, Datuk Zakaria Shaaban, told Sinar Harian that the department dismantled a human trafficking syndicate in a special operation conducted in the district on Wednesday (Nov 20). He said the operation, which...
SHAH ALAM: A large-scale operation was conducted around the business centre of Taman Sri Muda, Section 25, here on Saturday, targeting areas reportedly monopolised by foreign nationals. According to Sinar Harian, the operation was led by the Selangor Immigration Department in collaboration with the Royal Malaysia Police and various other agencies. The raid commenced around 12:30pm,...
KUALA LUMPUR: Over two dozen foreigners were rounded up for various offences during an Immigration Department operation in Terengganu. Immigration director-general Datuk Ruslin Jusoh said in a statement that 26 individuals were caught in the Pulau Perhentian area during the operation on Monday (Sept 9). “All those detained are believed to have been operating businesses and working...
KUALA LUMPUR: The operation to find the Indian woman who went missing in a sinkhole incident at Jalan Masjid India here last Friday (Aug 23) entered its seventh day on Thursday (Aug 29). At 9am, Bernama found that a search and rescue (SAR) operation team comprising the Royal Malaysian Police, Fire and Rescue Department, Kuala Lumpur...
CYBERJAYA: Thousands of Klang Valley businesses will be inspected for tax compliance by officers from the Inland Revenue Board (LHDN) and Royal Malaysian Customs Department as part of Ops Metro 2024, says Datuk Dr Abu Tariq Jamaluddin. The LHDN chief executive officer said the newly announced joint operation will see over 1,000 officers from both LHDN...
JAKARTA (AFP): Indonesian president-elect Prabowo Subianto has undergone leg surgery but is continuing to work as he recovers, a spokesman said Tuesday. The defence minister and former general, who had suffered for years from a limp attributed to parachuting accidents, underwent surgery on his left leg at the National Defence Central Hospital in Jakarta, his team...
KOTA BHARU: A smuggler fired three shots while fleeing from Royal Malaysian Customs Department officers during an anti-smuggling operation near a hideout in Kampung Simpangan, Tumpat, on Wednesday (June 19). Kelantan Customs director Wan Jamal Abdul Salam Wan Long said the incident occurred at 9.45am when five Customs officers patrolling the area discovered about 15 longboats...
PUTRAJAYA: The government has agreed to carry out a cloud-seeding operation in Kelantan from June 21 to 23 to address the depletion of the Kelantan River and to mitigate the impact of the hot weather phenomenon and the Southwest Monsoon, which is expected to persist. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who is...
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 9,247 traffic summonses were issued in the first three days of the Respect Traffic Laws operation (Hormat Undang-Undang Jalanraya, or Ops HUU) at several locations here. Kuala Lumpur Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department chief Asst Comm Sarifudin Mohd Salleh said the operation started on Tuesday (June 4) and will continue until...
