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E-hailing driver pleads not guilty to charges of chasing woman with knife in Melaka car park
MELAKA, Feb 12 — An e-hailing driver pleaded not guilty today at the Ayer Keroh Sessions Court to two charges of possessing a knife without lawful permission and frightening a young woman last Saturday. The accused, Lim Toh Seng, 50,
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State government halts pig farming, industry to import pork for Selangor market
SHAH ALAM, Feb 12 — The Selangor State Government has agreed that the industry will be responsible for importing all pork needed for the state market, in line with the royal decree of the Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris
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King attends 271st Conference of Rulers meeting at Istana Negara
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 12 — His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, graced the 271st Meeting of the Conference of Rulers at Istana Negara here today. The meeting, which entered its second day, was chaired by the Sultan of Terengganu,
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Over 30 Orang Asli homes destroyed in Pasir Gudang floating settlement fire
PASIR GUDANG, Feb 12 — Over 30 Orang Asli families were displaced after a raging fire destroyed their homes at the floating settlement in Kampung Teluk Jawa here this morning. The floating settlement, that stretches out to the coast, is a
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Anwar to attend Kedah PKR state convention on Friday
ALOR SETAR, Feb 11 — Kedah PKR will hold its convention at Hotel Raia here this Friday. Statet PKR communications director Tunku Nashrul Abaidah said the event would serve as a strategic planning platform to set the party’s priorities, chart
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No foul play in Skudai house fire that killed pregnant woman and man, Johor cops say
KULAI, February 11 — Police are ruling out foul play in the deaths of a pregnant woman and a man in a house fire in Taman Damai Jaya, Skudai near Johor Bahru yesterday. Johor police chief Datuk Ab Rahaman Arsad
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Bersatu chiefs to face disciplinary board tomorrow sans Hamzah Zainudin who’s in Australia for daughter’s varsity enrolment
KUALA LUMPUR, February 11 — Bersatu deputy president Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin will not attend the party’s disciplinary board meeting tomorrow as he is still abroad, The Star reported today. The newspaper cited the Opposition leader’s private secretary Ahmad Ikhwan Fadhli
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Medical trainee claims trial to taking photos of woman bathing in Kuala Krai hospital and possessing obscene pics
KUALA KRAI, Feb 11 — A medical trainee was charged in the Magistrate’s Court here today with two offences: sexual harassment of a woman and possession of obscene images, allegedly committed last September. The accused, Ahmad Hilmi Zulkeflee, 26, pleaded
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Allow police space to probe Orang Asli land‑encroachment detentions in Rompin
PUTRAJAYA, Feb 11 — The Department of Orang Asli Development (JAKOA) has urged all parties to allow the police to carry out investigations into the detention of 21 Orang Asli linked to an alleged land encroachment incident in Kampung Orang
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Selangor battles multiple forest fires, including 17-ha blaze in Sepang
SHAH ALAM, Feb 11 — The Selangor Fire and Rescue Department recorded four forest fires across the state in the last 24 hours. Fires broke out at Jalan Batang Kali–Genting Highlands, Kuala Langat Selatan Forest Reserve in Tanjung Sepat, Jalan
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