JOHOR BARU: A 19-year-old college student from Kuala Lumpur has lost almost RM15,000 after falling prey to a part-time job scam she found on social media. The woman, who only wanted to be known as Wendy, said she saw an advertisement on Facebook about a job where she could get commissions by simply leaving good reviews...
SHAH ALAM: Police have questioned five witnesses following a sexual harassment complaint by a Form Two student. When contacted, Shah Alam OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Iqbal Ibrahim said statements were recorded from the suspect and other witnesses. "Further statement recordings will be conducted as soon as possible, seeing that many witnesses and teachers have returned to their...
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...
IPOH: About 12 reports have been lodged in relation to the case where a Form Five student was killed after being allegedly rammed by a car driven by a senior police officer in Meru Raya here on Friday (Dec 15). Perak police chief Comm Datuk Seri Mohd Yusri Hassan Basri said the reports were received since...
PETALING JAYA: The biggest highlight of 15-year-old Kong Yong Sin's year is less than a week away. This Sunday (Nov 12), the SMK Tinggi Kluang, Johor student will board a flight to the United Kingdom, where she will meet Queen Camilla at Buckingham Palace on Thursday (Nov 16). The much-anticipated trip is her reward for being runner-up...
PORT DICKSON: A 20-year-old Port Dickson Polytechnic student was killed after the car he was travelling in crashed into a highway guardrail, here. The deceased, who was travelling with four friends from the same polytechnic in a car, died due to serious head injuries in the 6.55am accident at KM28 of the Seremban-Port Dickson highway.. Port Dickson...
KUALA LUMPUR: A Magistrate's Court here fined a Universiti Malaya student RM5,000 for intentionally insulting a former vice-chancellor with intent to provoke a breach of the peace at the university’s 59th convocation four years ago. Magistrate Illi Marisqa Khalizan meted out the fine on Wong Yan Ke, 27, on Monday (Oct 9) after finding that the...
IPOH: Two teenagers have been charged at the Magistrate's Court here with raping a 14-year-old girl. The two accused, aged 16 and 17, pleaded not guilty after the charges were read to them before Magistrate Farah Nabihah Muhamad Dan on Friday (Sept 22). Each was slapped with two charges under Section 376(1) of the Penal Code for...
BALIK PULAU: A Form Five student claims he sustained an eye injury after allegedly being hit by a teacher. In a video on social media, the teenager's 47-year-old father said his son suffered internal bleeding of the right eye after the incident in a Sungai Ara secondary school on Thursday (Sept 14). He expressed his disappointment over...
