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IGP: Yusoff’s polygraph test is inadmissible as evidence
KUALA LUMPUR: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador said former PKR research officer Muhammad Yusoff Rawther’s polygraph test was only meant to facilitate investigation. Hamid also stressed that the test cannot be accepted as evidence in
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Tesco suspends Chinese supplier after suspected prisoner message
British supermarket giant Tesco suspended a Chinese supplier of Christmas cards yesterday after a press report said a customer found a message written inside a card saying it had been packed by foreign prisoners who were victims of forced labor.
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Altantuya murder: Police to call out several individuals
KUALA LUMPUR: Police will call a list of individuals in relation to the statutory declaration (SD) signed by former Special Actions Unit (UTK) officer Azilah Hadri, who alleged that former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak was involved in
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Turkey: Over 3,000 irregular migrants held last week
ANKARA: More than 3,000 irregular migrants were held across Turkey over the past week, according to data compiled by Anadolu Agency from security sources. Turkish gendarmerie forces held some 1,600 of the migrants in the northwestern province of Edirne, which
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Return of Polio: Create awareness among anti-vaccine groups
MALACCA: Groups who reject vaccines, especially parents who refuse to allow their children to be vaccinated should realise their mistake with the return of polio recently as the disease is preventable by vaccination. Pediatric consultant and immunologist Datuk Dr Musa
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Disaster averted as firemen stop flame from razing fuel tanks
KUCHING: Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) personnel in Betong were able to avert a potential catastrophe when they prevented flames gutting two houses from spreading to a nearby fuel storage area. The incident happened in Kampung Beladin, Pusa Saturday night
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Modi: citizenship law not anti-Muslim as protests continue across India
Following days of violent, sometimes deadly protests across India against a new citizenship law critics say discriminates against Muslims, Prime Minister Narendra Modi led a rally yesterday for his Hindu nationalist party in the capital. New Delhi’s state election early
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Nine dead, 130 sick in Philippines after drinking spurious liquor
MANILA: At least nine people have died and over 130 fell sick from drinking cheap spurious liquor containing toxic methanol in the provinces of Laguna and Quezon, south of Manila. Xinhua News Agency, quoting local officials today reported, Rizal Town,
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Nora Anne tragedy makes 2019 sad year for Negeri Sembilan
SEREMBAN: 2019 saw a horrific episode in Negeri Sembilan after a special needs Irish girl Nora Anne Quoirin, who went missing from Dusun Pantai Hill Resort here on Aug 4, was found dead 10 days later. What made it even
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NZ volcano eruption death toll rises to 17 after another person dies
New Zealand police said today that one of those injured during the eruption of a volcano visited by tourists earlier this month died in an Auckland hospital, bringing the official death toll to 17 while two remain missing. “Police can
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