Toddler with ovarian cancer gets RM30,000 in public donations

PETALING JAYA: The future of a 19-month-old girl in Sabah looked grim after she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, but Malaysians have come together to raise RM30,000 for the toddler. Malay daily Sinar Harian reported that the baby began suffering from constipation and a bloated stomach in August, according to Daneen Auni Riksi's mother Fallarystia Sintom. "She...

Ex-babysitter sentenced to 14 months in jail for force-feeding toddler

KAJANG: A former babysitter at a childcare centre has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for endangering a toddler by force-feeding her, which could have caused physical harm. Sessions Court Judge Mazuliana Abdul Rashid delivered the sentence on 24-year-old Nor A’in Ismail, who maintained her guilty plea during sentencing. The sentence will be served from...

Body of missing two-year-old found in Tawau

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...

Penang man pleads guilty to attempted murder of infant and toddler

GEORGE TOWN: A 28-year-old man pleaded guilty in the Sessions Court here Wednesday (Aug 9) to two charges of attempted murder for causing injury to a 44-day-old infant and three-year-old toddler. Unemployed Mohammad Azmin Hamanullah entered the plea before Sessions judge Mazdi Abdul Hamid. For the first charge, he was said to have attempted to murder the...