Man charged with murder of woman in Hougang, Singapore

SINGAPORE: A man has been charged with murder after a Vietnamese woman was killed in a knife attack in Hougang on Tuesday (Dec 10). The incident also left another man injured. Chinese national Du Zaixing appeared in court via video link on Thursday (Dec 12) as his charge was read out to him. He faces the death...

‘Mak Cik Kamboja’ was fined RM40,000 for insulting Malays

MELAKA: The woman known as “Mak Cik Kamboja”, who sparked controversy last year, was fined RM40,000 after pleading guilty at the Sessions Court here on Friday (Dec 6) to two charges of insulting Malays, reported Sinar Harian. Her son, who was also accused, was released on a RM10,000 bond. The accused, Mariyah Yaakob, 48 and Ezuan Hafsham...

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...

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...