Cousin recalls Nur Arina’s excitement before tragedy struck

GERIK: The cousin of the drowning victim, Nur Arina Azizan, said the 20-year-old was quite excited to return to her village this time around for leisure activities, including taking a dip and going down the river on a float during a picnic outing. Norhaslinda Mohamad Yusuf, 36, said Nur Arina rarely had the chance to visit...

Cousin recalls Nur Arina’s excited moments before tragic incident

GERIK: The cousin of the drowning victim, Nur Arina Azizan, said the 20-year-old was quite excited to return to her village this time around for leisure activities, including taking a dip and going down the river on a float during a picnic outing. Norhaslinda Mohamad Yusuf, 36, said Nur Arina rarely had the chance to visit...

Copter tragedy: Pahang Sultan orders mosques to perform funeral prayer

KUANTAN: The Sultan of Pahang, Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah, has ordered all mosques in the state to perform the funeral prayer in absentia following the tragic crash involving two helicopters at the Royal Malaysian Navy Base in Lumut, Perak, on Tuesday (April 23). Comptroller Major General Datuk Mohamed Zahari Datuk Yahya, in a statement,...

26 dead, dozens hospitalised in China building fire: state media

BEIJING (AFP): Twenty-six people have died and dozens were sent to hospital after a fire tore through a building in northern China's Shanxi province on Thursday (Nov 16), state media reported. The fire started at a four-storey building belonging to the Yongju coal company in Shanxi province's Luliang city at around 6.50am local time, state media...

Man dies after suspected fall from Hong Kong’s Lion Rock

A man was suspected to have fallen to his death at Hong Kong’s Lion Rock, police on Thursday revealed. The force said it received a report at 9.30pm on Wednesday from a hiker who last saw the man, with short hair and a rotund build, standing near the iconic lion-shaped rock on Lung Cheung Road in...