Woman’s body found stuffed in freezer at house near Old Klang Road

KUALA LUMPUR: The body of a woman, believed to have been murdered by her son and stuffed into a freezer, has been discovered by police in a house on Old Klang Road. It is learnt that the victim's son had earlier contacted the police. Sources said initial information revealed that the suspect was standing next to the...

Man who hid murdered mum’s body in freezer seemed normal, says neighbour

KUALA LUMPUR: "It was a long time since I last saw her (the victim), I thought she went back to her kampung or moved to another house and did not live with his son any more." That was what a neighbour said after learning about a body that was found in a freezer at a two-storey...

Cops arrest Vietnamese woman to assist in arson case probe in Sitiawan

IPOH: A 38-year-old Vietnamese woman has been arrested to assist in the investigation of a fire involving three houses and four vehicles in Taman Singa, Sitiawan. Manjung OCPD assistant commissioner Hasbullah Abd Rahman said police initially received a call from a 42-year-old house owner at Taman Singa in Sitiawan at around 2.50am on Friday (Nov 8),...

Vietnamese woman wanted for gold smuggling arrested in Greece

ATHENS: Greek police have arrested a Vietnamese woman wanted for smuggling nearly 300kg (660 pounds) of gold bars by hiding them under vehicles used to shuttle ice across the Vietnam-Cambodia border, police officials said on Wednesday (Oct 30). An Interpol Red Notice was issued on behalf of Vietnam last year for the 64-year-old woman, who had...

How this small-town Malaysian who kept failing exams became a doctor in the US

As a young girl growing up in Tasik Junjung, a small border town in Province Wellesley (now Seberang Perai), Dr Michelle Kem Su Ng-Hor always felt that she was of the “wrong gender”, born at a wrong time – when girls were destined to be treated differently from boys. Now a successful gastroenterologist with her own...

Indonesian woman, 24, surprised to find she was at previous wedding of husband, 62, when she was nine

JAKARTA: In a strange twist of fate, an Indonesian woman has discovered that the man she married was a groom she had met at a wedding when she was a child. Renata Fadhea, 24, from Bangka Island, Indonesia, realised after marrying her husband, who is 38 years her senior, that she had met him 15 years...

Dungun crash: Driver doesn’t have driving licence, say cops

KUALA TERENGGANU: The female suspect who mowed down four Dungun Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) students last Wednesday (Oct 9) causing three deaths, was found not to have a driver's licence. Terengganu police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Mohd Khairi Khairudin said so far a total of 11 individuals have been questioned to assist in the investigation into...

Ebit Lew case: Witness did not give police mobile phone used to record video call

TENOM: A woman testified in the Magistrate's Court on Thursday (Aug 29) that she did not give the police the mobile phone she used to record a video call with Ebit Irawan Ibrahim Lew, also known as Ebit Lew (pic). The ninth prosecution witness, in her 40s, who is the complainant in the sexual harassment case...

Japan’s “Most Frugal Woman”, 39, Spends S$1.80 A Day On Food, Owns 3 Houses & A Cat Cafe

For those who have never thought much about saving money, perhaps this story would serve as motivation to start. Saki Tamogami, 39, is now known as Japan’s “Most Frugal Woman” after achieving her goal of buying three houses in less than 15 years. Saki was just 19 when she decided that she wanted to own three houses by the age...

QuickCheck: Did a foreign teen pose as a child to get a Malaysian passport in Penang?

WITH the Malaysian passport being one of the most valuable in Asia in terms of the countries it can give a person access to, it would seem natural that there would be those who would try to get their hands on one by hook or by crook. It was claimed recently that a Sri Lankan teenager...