Man charged with murdering wife, son

JOHOR BAHRU: A ship cleaner was charged in the Magistrate’s Court here today with murdering his wife and infant son at a house in Kampung Bakar Batu here earlier this month. Mohamad Amir Nazri Mohd Adam, 24, nodded his head in understanding when the charges against him were read out before Magistrate Mohd Zulhilmi Ibrahim. No […]

Man in remand over death of wife, baby

JOHOR BAHRU: A ship cleaner, who is suspected of murdering his wife and their three-month-old baby, in a house in Kampung Bakar Batu here, is in remand for seven days from today. The remand order against the 24-year-old suspect was issued by assistant registrar Nur Izzaty Muhammad Zahari at the Magistrate Court here to facilitate […]

Man charged with girlfriend’s murder

KLANG: An unemployed man was charged at the Magistrate’s Court here today with murdering his girlfriend at his house last month. 24, nodded when the charge was read out to him before Magistrate Amirul Asyraf Abd Rasid. However, no plea was recorded as murder cases come under the jurisdiction of the High Court. He was […]

Unknown assailants kill Mexican journalist

MEXICO CITY: Unidentified assailants killed Mexican journalist Antonio de la Cruz of the local newspaper Expreso and injured his daughter on the threshold of his home in Ciudad Victoria, the capital of the northern state of Tamaulipas, Sputnik reported the newspaper as saying on Wednesday. “This morning, journalist de la Cruz, a reporter for the Expreso […]

Attempted murder

SIBU: A 49-year-old man was today (Apr 26) charged in the Sessions Court with attempted murder using a shotgun. However, Tie Teck Ka, 49, claimed trial after the charge was read to him before Judge Marutin Pagan. He and another suspect still at large stand accused of shooting one Collin Hii Keng Ming, 40, with […]

Authorities still searching for missing toddler’s body

KUCHING: Authorities searching for missing toddler Eric Chang Wei Jie’s body have no new leads as operations entered the second day. As of 2pm today, the search at Kampung Muara Tebas near here, involving personnel from the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA), Marine Police Region 5, and Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba), is still ongoing. […]

Cobbler and GOF member probed for killing bipolar man

PADAWAN: A cobbler and a General Operations Force (GOF) personnel have been arrested for allegedly killing a man with bipolar disorder. The alleged murder happened in the backyard of the victim’s neighbour’s house at Kampung Jawa Semenggok, Mile 12, Jalan Kuching-Serian here around 4.30pm  on Thursday (Aug 26). District police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan, who […]

Suspect in Bill Kayong’s murder finally arrested

MIRI: Police have finally arrested a suspect wanted in the mafia-style murder of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Miri secretary Bill Kayong, after hiding from the authorities for almost six years. Koong Siang Ming @ Batu Ming, aged 26, was flown in to Miri International Airport on a Royal Malaysian Police Air Wing aircraft from Kuala […]

Police reclassify fight victim’s case as murder

MARUDI: The police here have re-classified a case involving a 30-year-old foreign worker of an oil palm plantation in Bakong, who was injured after an alleged fight with another worker on May 6, as murder under Section 302 of the Penal Code after he died on Monday (May 10). Marudi police chief DSP Jo Hang […]

‘Justice’: America reacts to Floyd murderer’s conviction

WASHINGTON: Politicians, rights activists and family members and even world leaders reacted with jubilation and relief Tuesday as sacked Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin was convicted of the murder of George Floyd, a Black man who died when the officer knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes last year.  Here are some the immediate […]