Crowd gathers outside US embassy to kick off six-day ‘Kepung Demi Palestin’ rally

KUALA LUMPUR: A crowd of protestors gathered outside the US embassy in solidarity with Palestine amid heavy police presence on Tuesday (Dec 26). The crowd gathered outside the embassy around 10.45pm with the entrance in front of the embassy blocked by police. Dozens of policemen were seen standing by in front and around the embassy, with the...

Heavy traffic for the holidays

PETALING JAYA: The holiday travel rush has started to build up ahead of the year-end ‘balik kampung’ for Christmas and New Year celebrations with scores of travellers getting caught in heavy traffic heading out of the city, especially towards the south. There was heavy traffic identified in several areas due to the high volume of vehicles...

Trio shot dead by cops in Selayang

GOMBAK: Three individuals, believed to be foreigners, have been shot dead by police in an early morning shootout in Selayang on Saturday (Dec 23). The incident is believed to have occurred within the Taman Selayang Jaya area. Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Hussein Omar Khan is expected to hold a press conference on the incident at the...

Body of baby girl found dumped in KK mall

KOTA KINABALU: Police are investigating a baby dumping case after the body of a baby girl was found inside a cleaning cart in a mall here. The cleaning company supervisor for the shopping complex filed a report after the infant's body was discovered when the staff was sanitising and changing the waste plastic liner for the...

Woman calls 911 when she sees bloodied mom on home security camera after assault, US feds say

  A man accused of brutally assaulting an Oregon woman was sentenced to federal prison after officials say the victim’s daughter noticed her on home security footage bloodied and injured. In November 2022, officers with the Warm Springs Tribal Police Department responded to a home on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation after getting a call that a woman inside...

Activist to be charged with obstructing public servant, says PSM

IPOH: An activist who was injured during an eviction process at a vegetable farm in Kanthan will be charged with obstructing public servants from performing their duties. PSM deputy chairman S. Arutchelvan said Chong Yee Shan, who is also a party central committee member, was notified by police that she would be charged at the Ipoh...

E-hailing driver nabbed for allegedly hitting Chinese student with foldable chair

KUANTAN: An e-hailing driver has been arrested for allegedly hitting a Chinese national student with a foldable chair after she alighted from his car here. OCPD Asst Comm Wan Mohd Zahari Wan Busu said the 32-year-old suspect was arrested at 7.15pm on Tuesday (Dec 19) after he turned up at the district police headquarters to assist...

Ipoh cops probe viral video of ‘gambling den worker’ being scolded

IPOH: Police here are investigating a viral video said to show a group of men reprimanding a worker at a convenience store suspected of fronting an illegal gambling operation. Ipoh OCPD Asst Comm Yahaya Hassan said they were made aware of the clip on Sunday (Dec 17). "The video has captured public attention but we have no...

Senior cops on murder charge gives media the slip on the way into courtroom

IPOH: Members of the media were surprised when the senior police officer who was charged with the murder of a 17-year-old student entered the Magistrate Court from another route that bypassed the crowd of waiting journalists and camera crew. Having waited for hours for the opportunity to capture some footage, many members of the press were...

Puchong flood: 71 stores, 65 vehicles affected at mall, agencies probing landslide cause

PUCHONG: Seventy-one stores and 65 vehicles were affected during the flood at IOI Mall Puchong in Bandar Puchong Jaya, says Serdang OCPD Asst Comm AA Anbalagan. “The rising waters were caused by a downpour that began at 5.45pm and lasted until 7.30pm yesterday (Dec 16),” he said at a press conference at the site of the...