Family trapped in flooded Rantau Panjang home pleads for urgent rescue

PETALING JAYA: A family of six has taken to social media, pleading for immediate rescue after their home in a low-cost housing area behind the Pantai Timur supermarket was submerged by floodwaters early Thursday morning (28 November). Siti Farah Zulaika Ibrahim, 32, said she, along with her three children and elderly parents, is trapped inside their...

Immigration Dept bust human trafficking ring in Kelantan, 47 arrested

PUTRAJAYA: A motorcycle repeatedly travelling around Rantau Panjang, Kelantan, has led to the discovery of a syndicate smuggling illegal immigrants. The Director-General of the Immigration Department, Datuk Zakaria Shaaban, told Sinar Harian that the department dismantled a human trafficking syndicate in a special operation conducted in the district on Wednesday (Nov 20). He said the operation, which...

Getting ready for the worst, but hoping for the best

PASIR MAS: Most of the population around Rantau Panjang has begun making final preparations and taking early steps to face the northeast monsoon, which started on Nov 5. This involves packing and storing important items in elevated places, building rafts, and constructing special pathways using planks in high areas to evacuate family members to safer locations...