TENOM: The police Forensic Unit has appointed an expert to review data obtained from LGMS Bhd and stored on a pen drive, a prosecution witness said in the sexual harassment trial involving preacher Ebit Erawan Ibrahim Lew, or Ebit Lew. The 18th prosecution witness, police Investigating Officer Supt Noor Asyikin Shamsuri, 46, told the Tenom Magistrate’s...
KOTA BHARU: Kelantan police have opened 25 investigation papers involving bullying offences that occurred in schools in the state for the first nine months of this year. Its police chief, Datuk Mohd Yusoff Mamat, said that of this number, six cases were reported in Kota Bharu, Pasir Mas (five), Machang and Bachok (four each), Tumpat (three),...
GEORGE TOWN: A doctor was charged in two Magistrates' Courts on Friday (Oct 17) with four counts of molestation and indecent assault involving two foreign women in February. Dr Goon Hoong Tatt, 43, of Penang Hospital, pleaded not guilty to all the charges before magistrates Nur Fadrina Zulkhairi and Muhammad Amzar Ismail. In the court before magistrate...
JASIN: The investigation paper on the alleged sexual assault involving four Form Five male students against a Form Three female student at a secondary school in Alor Gajah has been referred to the Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP). Melaka police chief Datuk Dzulkhairi Mukhtar said a decision on whether the students will be charged is expected to...
KOTA TINGGI: A farmer lost over RM110,000 after being duped into buying a non-existent car through social media here. Kota Tinggi OCPD Supt Yusof Othman said police received a report about the online scam from the 55-year-old victim on Thursday (Sept 25). “The case began in early September when the victim came across an advertisement for a...
KOTA KINABALU: Two Chinese tourists were arrested for allegedly sending a bomb threat email to an airline company after not being able to change their flight seats. It is understood that the man, 29, and woman, 28, had contacted their travel agent to change their flight seats but received no response. Furious, they sent an email to...
KUALA LUMPUR: Two policemen were sentenced to six months' jail and fined RM2,000 each by the Sessions Court here on Monday (Sept 22) for accepting a bribe of RM800 as an inducement to not take any action involving a khalwat (close proximity) case. Judge Rosli Ahmad handed down the sentence on Nur Fikri Mohd Fadzilee, 28,...
KLANG: Five men were charged in the Sessions Court here on Thursday (Aug 28) for allegedly smuggling 19 Myanmar nationals at an apartment in Hulu Langat earlier this month. Muhammad Azalmie Ahmad Razali, 25; Muhammad Irwan Syapawi Che Hamid, 34; Mazlan Derahman, 39; Hazif Yusof, 46; and Mohamad Yusof Zulkipli, 29, nodded in acknowledgement as the...
SUNGAI PETANI: Two 13-year-old girls have pleaded not guilty in the Magistrate's Court here to two charges of assault and wrongfully confining a schoolmate. The Form One students entered their plea after the joint charges were read before Magistrate Mohamad Azlan Basri. On the first charge, both accused are alleged to have voluntarily caused hurt to the...
GELANG PATAH: A Pakistani man and a local woman have been arrested for their alleged involvement in motorcycle petrol theft at an apartment in Tanjung Kupang. Iskandar Puteri OCPD Asst Comm M. Kumarasan reported that the suspects were detained following a report lodged by a 28-year-old local woman. "In her police report, the woman stated that the...
