Teen accidentally reverses MPV into diners in Melaka

MELAKA: Diners at Medan Selera Tanjung Kling here had a terrifying moment yesterday when a teenager crashed his mother’s Toyota Avanza into the foodcourt. Melaka Tengah district police chief Christopher Patit said in the incident at about 2.43pm, the multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) driven by the 16-year-old boy also hit a Proton Suprima S parked next to it. “Prior […]

Proton’s Feb sales growth at 52 pct

KUALA LUMPUR: Proton sold 14,033 units of vehicles in February 2023, comprising domestic and export, up 52 per cent compared with the same month last year. Sales volume was 20.1 per cent higher than January 2023 while for the first two months of the year, year-to-date (YTD) volume swelled by 88 per cent to 25,714 […]

Theft suspect held for injuring police

KUCHING: A policeman manning the mobile patrol vehicle (MPV) sustained injuries to his face after he was punched by an alleged vehicle theft suspect in Samariang on yesterday (Feb 27). Kuching police chief ACP Ahsmon Bajah confirmed that the incident happened around 11.55 pm when the cops were conducting an operation codenamed ‘Op Lejang’ in […]

Female driver injured in four-vehicle accident

KUCHING: A female driver sustained injuries following a four-vehicle pile-up along Jalan Pending this morning (Jan 30). The accident involving two pick-up trucks, a multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) and a sedan happened around 9.50am near iCom Square, here. A spokesman for the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said firemen from Padungan station were deployed to the […]

PWD workers save MPV from completely burnt

KUCHING: Swift actions by Public Work Department (PWD) workers managed to save a luxury multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) from being completely destroyed in a fire at the traffic light intersection in front of Wisma Saberkas yesterday. Firemen from Batu Lintang station were despatched to the scene, which is along Jalan Batu Lintang, after receiving a distressed […]

Police looking for seized vehicle owner

MIRI: An owner of a luxurious multipurpose vehicle (MPV), Toyota Alphard, which was seized last year by the police has been urged to come forward to Miri Central Police station. According to Miri district police chief ACP Alexson Naga Chabu, it was believed that the Alphard model DBA-AGH30W-PFXSK-C year 2018 is a cloned vehicle and […]

Woman, two children severely injured in MPV-pickup crash

KOTA SAMARAHAN: A woman and two children survived a horrific road collision but sustained serious injuries. A spokesperson from the State Fire and Rescue Operations Centre (Bomba) said an emergency call was received at 1.49pm (Dec 2) that there was a road accident at Jalan Meranek, Kota Samarahan. The operations centre dispatched a rescue team […]

Three in two vehicles injured in crash

KUCHING: Three women were injured in an early morning collision today between a multipurpose vehicle (MPV) and a compact vehicle. Report about the incident was received by the State Fire and Rescue Operations Centre (Bomba) at 7.13am, saying the occurrence was at a junction to Kampung Pasir Pandak. A rescue team from Petra Jaya Bomba […]

Two more men charged with kidnapping Palestinian

KUALA LUMPUR: Another two men were charged in the Magistrate’s Court here today with kidnapping a Palestinian man to solicit information on software to hack mobile phones. Mohd Zaidi Mohd Zain, 54, and Tengku Hazarul Ismail Tengku Hamid, 49, nodded after the charge was read out to them before Magistrate Wong Chai Sia. However, no […]

Five pedestrians injured in accident

SARIKEI: Five pedestrians were hit by a compact multipurpose vehicle (MPV) on Thursday night (Aug 18) at Taman Susur Jambu here. Sarikei district police chief Supt Awang Arfian Awang Bujang confirmed that the police had received a report concerning the accident. He added that the accident involved five pedestrians who were hit by a vehicle […]