Police arrest elderly man for driving school van against traffic

BUTTERWORTH: Police arrested an elderly man for driving a school van against traffic in a dangerous manner on the Butterworth Outer Ring Road (BORR) earlier on Tuesday (April 8). Seberang Perai Utara district police chief ACP Anuar Abdul Rahman said the man, in his 70s, was stopped by a police patrol vehicle that happened to be...

Menora Tunnel crash: Cops record driver’s statement

IPOH: The driver of the vehicle that allegedly rammed into a pregnant woman near the Menora Tunnel last Sunday has had his statement recorded. Ipoh OCPD Asst Comm Abang Zainal Abidin Abang Ahmad said the 20-something-year-old driver from here had come forward to the district police station on Saturday (April 5) to give his statement. "Investigation is...

Menora Tunnel crash: Cops record driver’s statement

IPOH: The driver of the vehicle that allegedly rammed into a pregnant woman near the Menora Tunnel last Sunday has had his statement recorded. Ipoh OCPD Asst Comm Abang Zainal Abidin Abang Ahmad said the 20-something-year-old driver from here had come forward to the district police station on Saturday (April 5) to give his statement. "Investigation is...

Baling dog attack: Cops record statement from owner of Rottweilers

BALING: Police have recorded a statement from the owner of two Rottweiler dogs that attacked residents in Taman Desa Bidara, Kuala Ketil, on Tuesday (April 1) to assist in the investigation. Baling OCPD Supt Azmi Mokhtar said the 69-year-old man was released on police bail after providing his statement on Tuesday night due to his heart...

Putra Heights inferno: No gas detected in pipeline, recovery work deemed safe, say cops

KUALA LUMPUR: The recovery work in the area of the gas pipeline blaze at Jalan Putra Harmoni, Putra Heights, Subang Jaya, is currently safe, as no gas content has been detected in the pipeline, say Asst Comm Wan Azlan Wan Mamat. The Subang Jaya OCPD said that PETRONAS had conducted an inspection and found that the...

Philippine cops praised for quick arrest of road rage suspect

MANILA: The quick arrest of a motorist who shot a motorcycle rider in Antipolo City shows how far the Philippine National Police (PNP) has improved in terms of response, House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez said on Tuesday (April 1). In a statement, Romualdez lauded the PNP, saying it has evolved into a stronger and smarter policing...

Car thief who fled with boy inside nabbed 260km away on PLUS highway

GEORGE TOWN: A car thief who drove away with a five-year-old boy from Kampung Banggol Mosque, Pokok Sena in Tasek Gelugor near here Sunday night (March 30), was nabbed seven hours later in Selangor on the North-South Expressway. Penang police chief Datuk Hamzah Ahmad said that at around 8pm, the father of the boy who has...

Police investigation reveals timeline of murder in Bangkok condo

BANGKOK: The Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB) on Thursday (March 27) revealed details of their investigation into the murder of a Thai woman at a condominium in Sukhumvit Soi 39, in Bangkok’s Watthana district. A manhunt has been launched for Singaporean national Daniel Benjamin Goh Wei-En, 32, after the body of his 30-year-old girlfriend, Phraophilas (surname withheld),...

Court grants Rosmah leave to include govt, police as third parties in missing jewellery suit

PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has granted leave to Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor to include the Malaysian Government and police as third parties in the US$14.57mil lawsuit filed against her by Lebanese jeweller Global Royalty Trading SAL over more than 40 missing pieces of jewellery. A three-judge panel consisting of Justices Datuk P. Ravinthran, Datuk Dr...

Cops nab mother, daughter over newborn baby’s body found in petrol station toilet

SHAH ALAM: Police have detained a woman and her daughter on suspicion of involvement in the discovery of a baby boy's body in a toilet bowl at a petrol station in Sungai Haji Dorani, Sabak Bernam, on Sunday (March 23). Sabak Bernam OCPD Supt Md Yusof Ahmad said that the 41-year-old woman was arrested at around...