KUANTAN: Four men, all locals, were detained in connection with a scuffle involving two groups at a casino in Genting Highlands on Saturday (April 6). Bentong OCPD Supt Zaiham Mohd Kahar said police received information about the clash that involved about 10 men, aged between from 23 to 50 years old, at about 4am Sunday (April...
BANGKOK: National Deputy Police Chief Pol Gen Surachate 'Big Joke' Hakparn (pic) on Tuesday (April 2) turned himself in at Tao Poon police station in Bangkok after an arrest warrant on him was issued earlier in the day. The Criminal Court issued the arrest warrant on Surachate after he evaded three summonses in a gambling-website case. Surachate...
PETALING JAYA: Former law minister Datuk Zaid Ibrahim has questioned the authorities' stance on not initiating any probe without a report being lodged. "Is there such a law?" "If the country is burning and no one lodges a report, then the Police can’t do anything?" asked Zaid in a social media post on Thursday (April 4). However, Zaid...
SEREMBAN: A man has been duped out of almost RM230,000 after investing his savings in an online investment scam. Nilai OCPD Supt Abdul Malik Hasim said the victim, who is in his 30s, lodged a report on Wednesday (April 3) upon realising that he had been scammed. "The victim claimed he had received a call from a...
KUANTAN: The police believe that only one individual was involved in the Molotov cocktail attack on the KK Mart outlet in Sungai Isap here on Saturday (March 30). Kuantan OCPD Asst Comm Wan Mohd Zahari Wan Busu said the information was obtained based on an examination of several closed-circuit television camera (CCTV) recordings around the scene. "Efforts...
KLANG: Two teenagers died after their motorcycle collided with two others. North Klang OCPD Asst Comm S. Vijaya Rao said that the accident occurred late Sunday (March 31) night near SMK Bukit Kapar. It is believed that the two teenagers had crashed their motorcycle into two others heading in the opposite direction near the school. "Both victims, aged...
PETALING JAYA: The attacks for giving out "duit Raya" to police personnel in Merlimau are unwarranted, says Umno Youth chief Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh. He said this is because it was given publicly with the full knowledge and attendance of the Jasin OCPD Dep Supt Ahmad Jamil Radzi and other department heads who were present at...
KUALA LUMPUR: The arrest of an Israeli national at a hotel along Jalan Ampang has led to the police heightening security levels in the country. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said the arrest of the 36-year-old man - who police suspect is an Israeli intelligence agent - has put the Royal Malaysia Police on...
PETALING JAYA: Five armed robbers have been shot dead following a confrontation with police at Putra Heights. Sources revealed the five were connected to at least 50 robberies in the Klang Valley area. It was also learnt that two guns were retrieved following the shootout which occurred at around 11.30pm on Friday (March 29). Selangor police chief Comm...
PETALING JAYA: A local man was killed after he was punched by a foreign man at an entertainment outlet in Sea Park because of a shoulder bump. Petaling Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Shahrulnizam Ja'afar said the incident occurred at about 1am on Saturday (March 23). "The foreign man had bumped the shoulder of the victim, leading to...
