King makes personal donation to wife of Elmina plane crash victim
KUALA LUMPUR: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah made a personal donation to Adlina Aisyah Ahmad Rusli, the wife of Idris Abdol Talib @ Ramali, one of the victims who perished in a private jet crash on the Guthrie Corridor Expressway near Bandar Elmina, Shah Alam, Selangor, last Thursday. According to a post on Istana Negara’s Facebook page, the donation was handed over by the […]
Real estate director loses RM1.5 mln in fake investment scheme
KUCHING: A 66-year-old woman has fallen victim to a non-existent investment scam, resulting in a staggering loss of RM1.5 million. The incident came to light after the victim, who is a director of a real estate company, lodged a police report yesterday (May 30), where she detailed the fraudulent scheme which promised high returns on […]
Stranded victim goes live on TikTok
JOHOR BAHRU: As he waited for help, a man who was stranded at a restaurant in Segamat town after floodwaters shut off the road leading to the area, used the TikTok app to share his situation. Using a TikTok account under the name ‘Pak Arab’, Syed Syaiful Syah who was stranded at the food […]
Local man scammed online of RM17,900
SIBU: A local man in his 50s lost RM17,900 after falling victim to a non-existent online car sale scam recently. Sibu district police chief, ACP Zulkipli Suhaili in a statement yesterday said that the victim was attracted by a second-hand car sale advertisement from Pulau Pinang on Facebook on Jan 12 “The victim is interested […]
Neighbours’ quick action saves house from fire
SARIKEI: Swift actions by neighbours succeeded in saving two tenants from injury and a house from being burned to the ground at Taman Susur Jambu here today (Sept 26). It was reported that the two tenants, in their 50s, were cooking in the kitchen before some flammable materials placed near the stove, got ignited and […]
RM500m lost to online scams in seven months
SIBU: The Malaysian Crime Prevention Foundation (MCPF) is currently doubling their effort to create awareness on online scams throughout the country to prevent more people falling victim. Its senior vice chairman, Datuk Seri Ayub Yaakob in his speech during the Police Station Visit programme at Lanang Police station said the number of people falling for […]
Duped by purported job advert, student end up losing RM15k
SIBU: A local university student lost RM15,216 after being duped into a non-existent job via social media recently. Sibu OCPD ACP Zulkipli Suhaili said they received a police report from the 21-year-old victim pertaining to the case yesterday. The incident happened when the victim came across a “part-time online assistant” job hiring on Instagram and […]
Macau scam claims another victim
SIBU: A retiree lost more than RM250,000 to a Macau scam recently, according to police here. Sibu OCPD ACP Zulkipli Suhaili said the victim received a phone call from someone claiming to be a post office officer and a police officer from Sabah. “Following the call, she made a total of 16 transactions amounting to […]
Authorities call off search for croc attack victim
LUNDU: The search and rescue (SAR) operation for the remains of Sebarang Bingkok, who was attacked by a crocodile at Kampung Kangka on Thursday (May 19), has been called off. A spokesman from the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said the SAR op was halted at 3.30pm on the fourth day of the operation (May […]
Neighbour’s kids drive man crazy
MIRI: Frustrated by his neighbour’s children creating loud noises in the wee hours of yesterday, a man went berserk. The 36-year-old man was allegedly scaled his neighbour’s front gate and hastily grabbed a 31-year-old male victim and dragged him outside the gate. Prior to the incident, the suspect had shouted loudly from the outside, instructing […]
