Fortune teller detained for rape in Puchong

SEPANG: A 34-year-old man, believed to be a fortune teller, was detained for allegedly raping a woman in Puchong. Sepang OCPD Asst Comm Wan Kamarul Azran Yusof said the victim, a local woman, lodged a police report at about 1.54am on Friday (Aug 16), claiming she was raped in Puchong. "The woman had sought the suspect through...

Woman’s head strikes pole after she leans out of moving Thai train

BANGKOK: A woman in southern Thailand got away with no serious injuries after her head struck a pole while she was leaning out of a moving train. In a video circulating on social media, the woman is seen from inside a train carriage, leaning out of an open door. She then moves onto a step outside...

Govt retiree loses RM2,500 to ‘chatty’ woman pickpocket

KOTA KINABALU: All she wanted was to have lunch but instead lost RM2,500 in cash and other belongings to a woman pickpocket in Sabah’s northern Kota Marudu district. This was what befell a 59-year-old government retiree as she flipped through the menu to see the food selection at a restaurant in the town district. Footage of the...

MACC nabs two bigwigs on suspicion of embezzling RM100,000

KUALA LUMPUR: The Selangor Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) arrested the former chief financial officer and the former chief operating officer of a real estate company on suspicion of submitting false payment claim documents for about RM100,000. A MACC source said both of them, a woman and a man in their 30s, were arrested at 2pm on...

Single mother loses almost RM150,000 in love scam

BANDAR PERMAISURI: A 51-year-old single mother, who is a civil servant, has lost RM148,200 after being duped in a love scam. Setiu district police chief Mohd Zain Mat Dris said the victim lodged a report on Saturday (June 22). "The victim claimed that she received a Facebook message in June from someone using a fake profile with...

German tourist drowns while swimming in Pulau Perhentian

KUALA BESUT: A German tourist drowned while swimming with her husband in Pulau Perhentian on Thursday (May 16) afternoon. Terengganu police chief Datuk Mohd Khairi Khairuddin said the victim, Dr Loosen-Freiling Iris,74, drowned while she was swimming with her husband at about 3.30pm. "During the incident, the victim’s husband, also a German, upon realising that his wife...

Japanese Woman Moonlights As “Part-Time Girlfriend”, Client Turns Out To Be Her Firm’s Boss

How far would you go to to earn some extra cash? One Japanese fresh grad took on a side hustle as a “part-time girlfriend”, and the experience left her so traumatised that she vowed never do it again. The woman, whose name was not revealed, graduated from a Tokyo university at age 23 and subsequently landed a job in a...

Victim fell asleep in car without opening windows, say Ipoh cops

IPOH: The woman found dead inside a car parked at the parking lot of the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital on Tuesday was sleeping in the backseat without opening the car windows, say police. Ipoh OCPD Asst Comm Yahaya Hassan said the woman was taking care of her ill father who was warded at the hospital. “She had...

Chinese Woman Breaks Leg During Yoga Lesson After Instructor Pushes Her Into A Too-Deep Stretch

Here’s a reminder to always work out safely should you decide to get fit after CNY. A lady in Wuhan, who goes by the last name Le, was at a yoga class. As she got into a pigeon pose, Le's instructor walked over and pressed down on her back to force her into a deeper stretch. Unfortunately, the...

Seven in family probed after woman beaten to death in Serdang, say cops

KUALA LUMPUR: Seven members of a family were arrested to assist in investigations into the horrific murder of an intellectually-challenged woman, 20, at a house in Jalan Serdang Raya 1, Seri Kembangan, near here Sunday(Jan 21). All the suspects arrested are local citizens comprising four men and three women, aged between 25 and 79, from Klang...