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Chinese tourist drowns while swimming alone at Pulau Perhentian, say Terengganu police
JERTIH, June 6 — A female tourist from China drowned while swimming at Pulau Perhentian here yesterday. Besut district police chief Supt Azamuddin Ahmad @ Abu said the 33-year-old victim was believed to have been swimming alone during the 11
Read MoreTeen missing in Melaka forest while searching for cows found weak but safe after 32 hours
KUALA LUMPUR, June 6 — A 15-year-old boy with a learning disability who went missing while looking for cattle in a forested area near Kampung Permatang Pasir, Alai, was found safe early this morning after more than 32 hours. According to the New
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Major highways clear ahead of Aidiladha, heavy traffic expected later, says Malaysian Highway Authority
KUALA LUMPUR, June 6 — Smooth traffic flow has been reported at all major highways nationwide this morning ahead of the Aidiladha celebrations tomorrow. A Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM) spokesman said although traffic is smooth flowing towards the east coast
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Surveyor killed in eighth-floor fall at Bukit Mertajam construction site, DOSH investigates and issues stop-work orders
BUKIT MERTAJAM, June 6 — A surveyor was killed after reportedly falling from the eighth floor of a building — an estimated height of 27 metres — through an opening in a “pressurisation shaft” area at a construction site here
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Child injured in electric shock at Dataran Drawbridge, Kuala Terengganu council re-insulates cables, launches safety checks
KUALA TERENGGANU, June 6 — The Kuala Terengganu City Council (MBKT) has carried out remedial work yesterday to re-insulate damaged electrical cables at Dataran Drawbridge. Kuala Terengganu Mayor Datuk Jusman Ibrahim said the action was taken following an incident where
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Melaka teen with learning disability missing after searching for lost cow, K9 unit joins search and rescue efforts
MELAKA, June 6 — Muhamad Aidil Asyraf Fadli, a 15-year-old boy with learning disability, has been reported missing in a forest, after going to look for a missing cow in Kampung Permatang Pasir, yesterday evening. Melaka police chief Datuk Dzulkhairi
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Sarawak reaffirms position as SE Asia’s clean energy hub at UK conference, eyes global partnerships, says state deputy minister
KUCHING, June 6 — Sarawak has reaffirmed its position as Southeast Asia’s clean energy leader, sharing the state’s vision for its energy plans at the Energy Export Conference (EEC) 2025 in Aberdeen, United Kingdom (UK). In his keynote address, Sarawak
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Malaysian senior citizen killed in Narathiwat crash after tyre burst causes vehicle to skid into ditch
NARATHIWAT (Thailand), June 6 — A Malaysian senior citizen died after the vehicle he was driving skidded into a ditch in an accident along the Narathiwat-Pattani Highway near Yi Ngo District in Thailand’s southern province yesterday afternoon. Yi Ngo District
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Three Jitra students killed, one injured in NSE crash after motorcycle hits parked car, second bike collides
ALOR SETAR, June 6 — Three students from the Jitra National Youth Skills Institute (IKBN) were killed in an accident involving two motorcycles and a car at Kilometre 49.4 on the North-South Expressway (southbound) near here yesterday. Kota Setar police
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Four-year-old boy dies after falling from 30th-floor apartment in Bukit Jalil
KUALA LUMPUR, June 6 — A four-year-old boy was killed after he is believed to have fallen from the balcony of his 30th-floor residence at an apartment in Bukit Jalil yesterday. Cheras police chief ACP Aidil Bolhassan said an emergency
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