School stabbing: ‘I’m heartbroken my son did this,’ says suspect’s father

PETALING JAYA: The father of the 14-year-old student who stabbed a girl to death at a Bandar Utama school is heartbroken over the incident. "I am heartbroken my son did this. "I know that no matter what I say, it’s useless. No matter what I do, I can’t get their daughter back. I don’t know how to...

School stabbing: She had rejected his feelings, says friend

PETALING JAYA: The boy who stabbed a girl to death at a Bandar Utama school is believed to have confessed his feelings to the victim and was rejected, reports Chinese media. According to China Press, a friend of the victim said the boy confessed to the victim the night before the incident. The friend, who wished to...

Govt respects right to gather but condemns violence, says PM Anwar

PETALING JAYA: While the government respects the right to peaceful assembly, the violent incident during a court-ordered eviction at Kampung Sungai Baru cannot be condoned, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim says. “The government respects the right to gather peacefully and to express one’s stance, and this has consistently been proven through various assemblies before. "However, principles...

No place for hooliganism, violence in sports, says Anwar

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has stressed that there is no room for hooliganism or violence in sports, particularly football, as such behaviour goes against the spirit of sportsmanship. The Prime Minister said sports should serve as a unifying force among Malaysians of all backgrounds and must not be tainted by unruly or divisive conduct. "Everyone...

MRSM bullying case: Two more arrested after another victim steps forward

BESUT: Two more Mara Junior Science College (MRSM) students here were arrested in connection with the recent bullying case. According to Sinar Harian, Besut OCPD Supt Azamuddin Ahmad @ Abu said that police received a report from a second victim, 14, who claimed to also be a victim in the same bullying case. "The second victim lodged...

‘Unlike other ah longs’: Two families living in constant fear after petrol bomb attacks from extra violent loan shark group

KUALA LUMPUR: Thinking they were dealing with official money lenders in Singapore, two men from different families have now condemned their families to constant harassment and fire bomb attacks from extortionists, with one even injuring a family dog. The two, who live and work in Singapore, had both fallen for the same online trap after they...

Zahid: Govt to rope in AI in multi-ministry plan to tackle scams and violence

KUALA LUMPUR: The government is taking proactive steps to curb the escalating trend of violent crimes, scams and other social issues that are plaguing communities across the nation, says Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. The Deputy Prime Minister said with the rapid rise of digital and communication technology, including artificial intelligence (AI) in recent years,...

China newlywed woman blinded by husband after refusing to top up his online gaming account

BEIJING (SCMP): A Chinese woman was brutally beaten and blinded by her husband two months after they married because she refused to fund his gaming habit. The woman, known as Lao Chunxue, 28, from Inner Mongolia in northern China, met her husband, surnamed Xie, who is two years older than her, through an introduction by a...

QuickCheck: Was a woman held at knifepoint in Penang as seen in a viral video?

ACTS of violence are generally shocking and rare, and as such any videos and news of such misdeeds tends to go viral very rapidly because of this. Recently, a video just over a minute long of a man waving a knife while holding a woman at a headlock at a supermarket went viral along with the...

Selangor state assembly condemns violence against athletes

SHAH ALAM: The Selangor state legislative assembly on Friday (July 5) unanimously approved an emergency motion condemning acts of extreme violence that endanger the lives and careers of athletes, particularly in football. The motion, tabled by Seri Serdang state assemblyman Abbas Salimmi Che Adzmi during the RS-1 Half Term Review (KSP RS-1) debate session, called for...