SIBU: A company director was fleeced of RM33,998 in a scam asking him to supply windows and doors on a fake Agriculture Department request. Sibu OCPD, Asst Comm Zulkipli Suhaili said the victim, in his 20s, was contacted via WhatsApp by an individual claiming to represent the Agriculture Department. The suspect offered a business opportunity for the...
LARUT: Police are hunting two local men in connection with a gang rape involving a minor girl in the Redang Panjang area here that occurred last April. Selama District Police Chief Supt Sarudin Samah said the two suspects, in their 20s, are believed to be students at local institutions of higher learning. "Both suspects are still at...
PETALING JAYA: 11 police reports have been lodged over a recent viral video that allegedly defamed Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim in his recent interview with CNN, says Tan Sri Razarudin Husain. The Inspector-General of Police told Sinar Harian that investigations into the cases have begun, classified under Section 504 of the Penal Code and...
KUALA LUMPUR: An employee from a Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG) subsidiary has been suspended pending investigations into alleged misconduct against a foreign traveller at Kuala Lumpur International Airport Terminal 1 (KLIA1), says Anthony Loke. The Transport Minister said the incident, which went viral on social media, involved physical contact and verbal exchanges between the AeroDarat Services...
TAWAU: The prosecution in the trial of 13 Kolej Vokasional Lahad Datu students charged with murdering Mohamad Nazmie Aizzat Mohd Narul Azwan will prove that the accused assaulted the Biotechnology programme student before he died. Deputy Public Prosecutor Nur Nisla Abd Latif said an autopsy conducted on March 23, 2024, confirmed that Mohamad Nazmie Aizzat's cause...
KUALA LUMPUR: The father of the Ulu Tiram police station attacker last May has claimed trial at the High Court here to three charges of promoting terrorist ideology, providing support, and possessing firearms related to the Daesh terrorist group. Radin Imran Radin Mohd Yassin, 62, pleaded not guilty after the charges were read to him before...
KOTA KINABALU: Police are investigating allegations by two women that they were molested by a male colleague in Sabah's east coast district of Tawau. The women and the alleged perpetrator work in a federal department in the nearby Lahad Datu district. Tawau police chief Asst Comm Jasmin Hussin stated the incidents reportedly occurred after the women visited...
BUTTERWORTH: Police are investigating an incident where a screenshot of a receipt containing an insulting message towards Islam was posted online. Central Seberang Perai OCPD Asst Comm Helmi Aris said the screenshot was detected on Saturday (Sept 14) at about 8.30am. "We suspect the transaction occurred in Central Seberang Perai and the screenshot of the receipt was...
KUALA LUMPUR: Three African men have pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here to charges of robbing a Japanese businessman of US$30,000 last month. Patrick Samba, 34, and Ibrahim Jalloh, 36, both from Sierra Leone, along with Liberian Douglas Daniel Devine, 38, were charged on Wednesday (Sept 11) with robbing 58-year-old Hiroyuki Azuma of US$30,000...
ROAD rage generally comes as a shock, given how peaceful our country generally is. As such, any video claiming to show such violence happening locally tends to go viral rapidly. Recently, a video of a motorcyclist screaming at a car and smashing a side window with his helmet went viral and it was claimed that it...
