Six kids saved after sofa catches fire in Damansara Damai apartment

PETALING JAYA: Six children were rescued when a sofa in their apartment unit in Damansara Damai here caught fire. Selangor Fire and Rescue Department assistant director Ahmad Mukhlis Mukhtar said firemen from the Sungai Buloh station were dispatched to the scene once the distress call came in at 11.15am on Monday (Feb 12). "When firemen arrived, they...

2 held after car rams into cop at roadblock in PJ

PETALING JAYA: Two men have been arrested after a car rammed into a policeman on duty at a roadblock in Petaling Jaya late last night. Petaling Jaya police chief Fakhrudin Abdul Hamid said in the 11pm incident, a red Perodua Myvi sped through the Sprint Expressway’s Damansara Jaya turnoff where a roadblock was in place. A policeman...

MACC officers claim trial to robbing Chinese businessman of almost RM1mil

PETALING JAYA: Two officers and a former officer from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) have pleaded not guilty in two Sessions Courts here to robbing a Chinese businessman of almost RM1mil at a luxury residence two years ago. Muhamad Haffiz Mohd Radzi, 33, Mohd Fahmee Mohamad Nor, 41, and Azwan Asli, 38, claimed trial to the...

Bus catches fire in PJ, passengers and driver escape unharmed

PETALING JAYA: A Rapid KL bus caught fire along Jalan Tandang here on Sunday (Oct 1) morning. Selangor Fire and Rescue Department assistant director Ahmad Mukhlis Mukhtar said they received a distress call at 11.17am and dispatched a fire engine with four personnel to the scene. "We received information that eight people were onboard the bus when...

Zii Jia trips up against coach’s former charge

Zii Jia trips up against coach’s former charge

PETALING JAYA: Lee Zii Jia continued to stumble as he kicked off a new chapter in his professional career under new coach Wong Tat Meng at the Korean Open. The independent men’s singles shuttler, who was making his comeback to competitions after taking a break for a month, went down 15-21, 21-18, 17-21 to Tat Meng’s...