Cops record statements of eight individuals over display of Israeli flag in Kelantan

KOTA BHARU: Police have recorded statements from eight individuals over the raising of an Israeli flag on a boat during the "500 Pelayaran Solidariti Kelantan untuk Gaza” event held in Lembah Sireh, here, last Oct 10. Kelantan police chief Datuk Mohd Yusoff Mamat said the statements were recorded from the event organiser, actors, advertiser, and printer...

Key witness in Guan Eng’s trial was also robbed, say cops

PETALING JAYA: The key prosecution witness in a corruption trial involving former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng, who was attacked by a group of masked and armed men, was also robbed by the group. Petaling Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Shahrulnizam Ja'afar confirmed the incident, saying police were alerted at about 7.20am on Wednesday (Aug 6) "A...

Two employees injured as robbers hit two convenience stores in Melaka

MELAKA: Two employees at 24-hour convenience stores have been injured in separate early morning robberies here. Melaka Tengah police chief ACP Christopher Patit said the first incident occurred at around 4.40am on Saturday (June 14) in Taman Sin Hoe, Bukit Baru. A 20-year-old worker, who was alone at the time, sustained injuries after she was struck...

Hypno-heist: Tawau man loses nearly RM30,000 in ‘pukau’ incident

KOTA KINABALU: While many scammers are adopting artificial intelligence to carry out their crimes, three men in Tawau opted for a more "traditional" method – pukau, or hypnosis – to make off with their victim's money. The incident took place on Wednesday (March 19) at a 24-hour convenience store on Jalan Haji Karim in Fajar, according...

Machete-wielding robbers from Muar arrested in Sungkai, remanded seven days

MUAR: Two men and a woman, believed to be involved in an armed robbery with machetes in Taman Sri Treh, Muar, on Tuesday (Dec 17), and who went viral on social media, have been remanded for seven days starting Saturday (Dec 21), Malay language daily Sinar Harian reports. The remand order was issued by Magistrate Suzana...

Elderly woman raped and robbed by foreigner in Cyberjaya

SEPANG: A female senior citizen was allegedly raped and robbed at an apartment building in Cyberjaya. Sepang OCPD Asst Comm Wan Kamarul Azran Wan Yusuf said the 71-year-old victim lodged a police report on the incident at about 12.18am on Friday (Sept 13). "She claimed she was raped by a foreign man at the apartment's stairs. "The assailant...

African trio claim trial to robbing Japanese man of US$30,000

KUALA LUMPUR: Three African men have pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here to charges of robbing a Japanese businessman of US$30,000 last month. Patrick Samba, 34, and Ibrahim Jalloh, 36, both from Sierra Leone, along with Liberian Douglas Daniel Devine, 38, were charged on Wednesday (Sept 11) with robbing 58-year-old Hiroyuki Azuma of US$30,000...

Cops mount manhunt for seven involved in highway robbery

KUALA LUMPUR: Police have launched a manhunt for seven suspects involved in an armed robbery near the New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE) on Monday (Aug 19). Petaling Jaya police chief ACP Shahrulnizam Ja'afar said that at 4.30am, a 41-year-old man claimed he suffered head and hand injuries when attacked with sticks and a machete by the...

Kajang cops hunt armed men for gold store robbery in shopping mall

KUALA LUMPUR: The police are looking for four men believed to be involved in an armed robbery of a jewellery store in a shopping mall in Kajang near here this afternoon. Kajang district deputy police chief Supt Mohamad Nasir Drahman said preliminary investigations revealed that four masked men wearing security guard uniforms with gloves had entered...

Cops hunting man who robbed woman motorcyclist in Seremban

SEREMBAN: Police are looking for a motorcyclist who snatched a gold bangle from a woman motorcyclist who was returning home with her two children in Taman Bandar Senawang near here. The suspect committed the act knowing well that it could have endangered the lives of the 33-year-old woman who was riding with her two young children. Seremban...