Retired policeman found dead in Labuan Beach on second day of Aidilfitri
LABUAN: The Hari Raya celebration took a tragic turn for a family in Labuan today when their relative, a 53-year-old retired policeman from Sarawak, was found dead on a beach near the Sea Sport Complex. The deceased, identified as Abang Shuhada Abang Abdul Ladi, was found wearing only his long pants at 7.05 am by […]
Teens sentenced to Henry Gurney School for involvement in security guard’s death
KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court on Thursday (Dec 7) issued a directive sending six teenage boys to Henry Gurney School for their roles in the death of a security guard, an incident widely circulated on social media. Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan ordered two 18-year-old offenders to attend the Henry Gurney School until the age of […]
12 newborns among 24 patients die in Indian hospital
NEW DELHI: At least 24 patients, half of them newborns, have died in the last 24 hours at a government-run hospital in India’s Maharashtra state. The deaths at the Dr Shankarrao Chavan Government Medical College and Hospital in Nanded, about 600 km east of India’s financial capital Mumbai, were blamed on a shortage of medicines […]
Police say no foul play in death of three family members
KUALA LUMPUR: Preliminary police investigation found no foul play or criminal elements in the death of three family members in an apartment in Kampung Baru Ampang here last Thursday. Selangor police chief Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said the police also found new leads in the case, including a suicide note containing a list of creditors. […]
Couple’s death sentence commuted to 40 years jail for murdering daughter
PUTRAJAYA: A married couple escaped the gallows after the Court of Appeal today commuted their death sentence to a maximum jail sentence of 40 years for murdering their daughter. A three-member bench comprising Justices Datuk Hadhariah Syed Ismail, Datuk Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim and Datuk S. M. Komathy Suppiah upheld the conviction against Anuar Yusof and […]
Three deaths reported as dengue cases surge
PUTRAJAYA: The 23rd Epidemiological Week (ME23) covering the period from June 4 to 10, has witnessed a 5.8 percent increase in dengue fever cases, with a total of 2,608 cases reported. This marks a rise from the previous week’s tally of 2,466 cases. In a statement, Health director-general Datuk Dr Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan disclosed […]
Death
Why fear death? It is the most beautiful adventure in life. – Charles Frohman, American theatre manager I used to be very afraid of death as a little girl. The not knowing where you go, and what happens, leaving behind everybody forever and never ever having the chance to see them again seemed so […]
I had a conversation with a ghost
In the simplest of terms, death happens when the body stops working. Or is it? When do people die? Why do we have to die? Is death necessary? Why can’t we live forever? Is death forever? When will you or I die? What happens after death? On and on the questions go, and to be […]
Man, girlfriend held over death of a child
BAU: A man and his girlfriend were arrested by police to facilitate investigations into a case involving the death of a six-year-old child in Kampung Kranj recently. Bau police chief DSP Poge Nyaon in a statement, said a police report was received on Dec 21 last year where a woman and her eldest daughter were […]
Man found hanged from tree
MIRI: Police are investigating the cause of death of a local man, aged 32, who was found hanging from an oil palm tree inside an orchard in Sungai Balem, Niah, here on Sunday (Dec 18). Miri police chief ACP Alexson Naga Chabu said for the time being the case has been classified as a sudden […]
