BEIJING/BANGKOK/YANGON (Reuters): The abduction and cross-border rescue had all the makings of the kind of action script struggling Chinese actor Wang Xing had hoped to land - only not as a reality star. Wang, 31, flew to Bangkok earlier this month after getting an unsolicited offer to join a film that was shooting in Thailand. There was...
PETALING JAYA: A family of six has taken to social media, pleading for immediate rescue after their home in a low-cost housing area behind the Pantai Timur supermarket was submerged by floodwaters early Thursday morning (28 November). Siti Farah Zulaika Ibrahim, 32, said she, along with her three children and elderly parents, is trapped inside their...
KAJANG: Four people were rescued following a fire at a two-storey shophouse and three adjacent shops at Kampung Sungai Chua. Firemen had to use a bolt cutter to open the doors as the two men and two women aged between 27 and 58, were trapped in the inferno early Sunday (Nov 24) morning. Selangor Fire and Rescue...
KOTA KINABALU: Passengers arriving on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu found themselves unexpectedly “trapped" on the skybridge when the glass door leading into the terminal remained closed. “We touched down at KKIA (Kota Kinabalu International Airport) at 6.07pm on Wednesday (July 31). As passengers continued to disembark the aircraft, the skybridge quickly filled...
IPOH: Two foreign tourists were found locked inside a famous cave temple in Simpang Pulai here. Perak Fire and Rescue Department operations division assistant director Sabarodzi Nor Ahmad said the two tourists, including a man from China and a woman from South Korea, both in their 30s, were trapped in one of the sections within the...
KOTA KINABALU: Firemen came to a baby’s rescue who was accidentally left in a locked car near the RHB Bank along Gaya Street, here, Monday morning. In a statement from the Sabah Fire and Rescue Services Department, the nine-month-old baby boy was successfully reunited with his parents after being trapped in the car for 20 minutes. A...
