28 students discharged after food poisoning incident at George Town school

GEORGE TOWN: All 28 students from Sekolah Menengah Teknik (SMK) Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra, near Jalan Ibbetson here, were discharged on Wednesday (July 17) after receiving treatment for suspected food poisoning on Friday (July 12). They reportedly showed symptoms of food poisoning after eating fried tandoori chicken served for lunch at the school's hostel canteen that...

Man faces murder charge from hospital bed for stabbing aunt

GEORGE TOWN: A factory operator was charged from his bed at the Penang Hospital for the fatal stabbing of his aunt last Tuesday (Dec 19). Ong Kok Bu, 29, from Taman Seri Pinang, Butterworth merely nodded on Friday (Dec 22) when the charge was read out to him before Magistrate Siti Zulaika Nordin @ Ghandi from...