IPOH: A farm worker has been sentenced to death by the High Court here for the murder of a Bangladeshi national, whose body was found dumped in a river in Kampung Gajah seven years ago. Mohamad Amier Amzar Mohd Aspar, 28, was convicted of murdering Md Ovaidul, 32, who worked at a cattle farm owned by...
KUANTAN: A woman who was reported to have been swept by the current after the car she was in slid into Sungai Triang, near Bandar Baru Bera, was found drowned on Wednesday (June 11) morning. Bera District Police Chief Supt Zulkiflee Nazir said the body of Sakirah Akop, 31, was found floating about 2.5 kilometres from...
SHAH ALAM: The Selangor Water Management Authority (LUAS) has issued a yellow alert after discovering pink-coloured water flowing in Sungai Kabul at Beranang On Tuesday (Jan 14). In a statement Wednesday (Jan 15), LUAS said this follows concerns that the polluted flow, which stretched for 500m, could impact the Sungai Semenyih Water Treatment Plant (LRA) located...
IPOH: The body of an unidentified man was found by the public in Sungai Kampung Punti, Padang Ampang near Kuala Kangsar on Sunday (Dec 22). Kuala Kangsar district police chief ACP Heisham Harun said an inspection of the body did not yield any elements of crime. He said a police report on the incident was received at...
KUALA KRAI: A 28-year-old man was rescued after the Proton Exora MPV he was driving plunged into Sungai Durian here on Sunday (Dec 15). Kuala Krai police chief Supt Mazlan Mamat said police received information about the incident at 6.23pm and that residents who saw the car skid and plunge into the river immediately rescued the...
KOTA BARU: Water levels at three major Kelantan rivers have exceeded their respective alert levels as of 1pm on Thursday (Nov 21). According to the publicinfobanjir.water.gov.my portal, the three rivers are Sungai Kelantan at Kampung Sokor, Tanah Merah, at 18.43m compared to the alert level of 18m; Sungai Golok at Rantau Panjang, at 7.38m, surpassing the...
GEORGE TOWN: The search for Dr Balraj Sethi, who was swept away while trying to rescue his father in the Alaknanda River in Uttarakhand, India on Sept 24, will be extended until Nov 20. His brother Suraaj Sethi, 32, said the Indian police and the state disaster relief force personnel have agreed to continue with the...
BANGKOK: Two days of heavy rain apparently under the influence of Tropical Depression Yagi caused the Sai River to burst its banks and flood several villages in Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district on Tuesday (Sept 10) morning. The district has been hit with heavy downpours since Sunday, when Yagi was downgraded into a tropical depression over...
PUTRAJAYA: The government has agreed to carry out a cloud-seeding operation in Kelantan from June 21 to 23 to address the depletion of the Kelantan River and to mitigate the impact of the hot weather phenomenon and the Southwest Monsoon, which is expected to persist. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who is...
KOTA KINABALU: The body of a two-year-old boy who fell in a river in east coast Tawau district has been found Tuesday (Dec 26) morning. Tawau Fire and Rescue station chief Jemishin Ujin said Adva Iman Muhammad Iswan was found at 6.45am by the public about 200m from his house on Jalan Apas along the Kg...
