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Singapore ex-teacher jailed after late-night video calls with student turn sexual

SINGAPORE, March 26 — A former teacher has been jailed for five months in Singapore after sexually exploiting a 15-year-old student during late-night video calls that began as exam consultations. The 39-year-old man, who cannot be named due to a

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Singapore police warn 11 over 2024 protest march against racial harmony law

SINGAPORE, March 26 — Eleven people who took part in a public procession opposing Singapore’s racial harmony laws have been issued conditional warnings, the country’s police said, closing investigations into a march that took place in June 2024, according to The

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Singapore court grants Amos Yee bail, bars him from making public statements as NS case unfolds

SINGAPORE, March 26 — Child sex offender Amos Yee has been offered bail in Singapore after returning to the country following nearly a decade abroad without a valid permit, The Straits Times reported. The 27-year-old appeared via video-link in a district court

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All-Singaporean suspect list grows as sixth man nabbed abroad in Johor killing

JOHOR BAHRU, March 26 — A sixth suspect has been arrested overseas in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 32-year-old man in Johor, as police widen a cross-border investigation into the killing. Johor deputy police chief Hoo Chuan Huat

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PLUS urges Raya travellers to plan return trips as 2.3 million vehicles expected on highways

KUALA LUMPUR, March 26 — PLUS Malaysia Berhad has urged motorists to plan their return journeys to the Klang Valley using its MyPLUS-TTA digital travel schedule amid an expected surge in post-Hari Raya traffic. In a statement today, the highway

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Anwar expresses support for Qatar, condemns attack on Ras Laffan LNG facility

KUALA LUMPUR, March 26 — Malaysia has firmly expressed its support for Qatar’s sovereignty and strongly condemned the attack targeting the Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facility, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said.  Anwar said that in a

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Police detain man over viral Facebook post insulting Prophet Muhammad

KUALA LUMPUR, March 26 — Police detained a 47-year-old local man suspected of insulting Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) over a Facebook post that recently went viral. Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Fadil Marsus said a report was received at 1.30 am last

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Viral Hari Raya Aidilfitri 2026 fundraiser is scam, not our event

SHAH ALAM, March 26 — Selangor police have denied the involvement of its Escort Unit in organising a Hari Raya Aidilfitri 2026 event that went viral in a message circulating yesterday.  Its police chief, Datuk Shazeli Kahar said the message,

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Police find skeletal remains of baby buried in Alor Gajah house compound, four arrested

ALOR GAJAH, March 26 —Police found the skeletal remains of a baby, believed to be four months old, buried in the compound of a house here yesterday.  Melaka police chief Datuk Dzulkhairi Mukhtar, when contacted, confirmed the incident and said

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Nine-year-old autistic boy drowns in hotel lake in Lukut, Port Dickson

SEREMBAN, March 26 — A nine-year-old autistic boy was found drowned in a lake within a hotel area in Lukut near here after he was believed to have left his hotel room without his family’s knowledge yesterday. Port Dickson police chief

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