Tag - Penal Code

Police hunting suspects for assaulting disabled man

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...

Japanese woman charged with concealing baby’s birth

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...

Police detain suspect in connection with Ipoh man’s death

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...

Trader jailed 10 years for beating pregnant wife in Johor Baru

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...

Court fines two Chinese businessmen for stealing money from airline passengers

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...

Manhunt for two involved in gang-raping teenage girl

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...

11 police reports made alleging defamation in CNN interview video with Anwar, says IGP

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...

Airport worker suspended after KLIA altercation with foreigner

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...

Prosecution to prove 13 teens assaulted Lahad Datu college student before his death

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...