JOHOR BARU: Police have launched an investigation into an assault incident caught on video and uploaded to TikTok by user @epul_676. Johor Baru North OCPD Asst Comm Balveer Singh said the video, now viral, shows a man being repeatedly assaulted by another individual. A 29-year-old local man lodged a police report at 4.29pm on Monday (March 24). He...
IPOH: Traffic at Jalan Changkat Jong in Batu 8, Teluk Intan, came to a standstill for about five hours after some 1,000 foreign workers gathered on the road following a fatal accident involving a Nepal national. Several video clips have gone viral showing the foreign workers assembling on the road, with some sitting down, halting traffic. Hilir...
KUALA LUMPUR: The police investigation into a controversial video involving three Era FM radio announcers have been completed and the investigation paper has been referred to the Attorney General's Chambers (AGC), say police. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain (pic) also said a total of 73 police reports were lodged in connection with the case He...
KUALA LUMPUR: Bukit Aman is taking a firm stance against scam call centres by pushing for property owners, joint management bodies (JMBs), and security companies to be held liable if such activities are found on their premises. Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) director Comm Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf said these entities could no...
KUANTAN: A man has been remanded for a week starting today to assist in the investigation of the murder of a female trader whose body was discovered by the riverbank near the Tanjung Lumpur Bridge last Thursday (Feb 13). The remand order for the 53-year-old man was issued by Magistrate Nor Izzati Zakaria to allow further...
CHUKAI: Police are looking for several individuals believed to have assaulted a mentally disabled man at the Padang Astaka Chukai farmer’s market on Friday (Jan 17). Acting Kemaman police chief DSP Wan Muhammad Wan Ja'afar said a complaint was received via the MERS 999 hotline at 9.30am regarding a man who was assaulted at the location. He...
KUALA LUMPUR: A Japanese woman has pleaded not guilty in the Magistrate’s Court here to a charge of concealing the birth of a baby girl by dumping the infant in a shopping mall toilet five days ago. Noda Junko, 36, was charged on Friday (Jan 17) with concealing the birth of a baby by disposing of...
PETALING JAYA: Police have detained an individual to assist in the investigation of the discovery of a local man's body in a bedroom at a private treatment centre in Pasir Puteh, Ipoh, on Tuesday (Dec 31). Ipoh District Police Chief, Assistant Commissioner Abang Zainal Abidin Abang Ahmad, said his team received information regarding the 25-year-old victim...
JOHOR BARU: A trader has been jailed 10 years by the Sessions Court here for causing serious injury to his third ex-wife, Jahidah Nordin @ Sylvester and leaving her in a coma three years ago. Judge Fatimah Zahari handed down the sentence, effective from the conviction on Monday (Dec 9), after the defence failed to raise...
BALIK PULAU: A pair of Chinese nationals were fined after pleading guilty at the Magistrates’ Court here Wednesday (Dec 4) to charges of stealing money from two airline passengers at Penang International Airport last month. Magistrate Chia Huey Ting ruled that He Da Peng, 51, be fined RM2,000 and Xin Min, 61, RM3,700, with additional three-month...
