Day: August 7, 2024

KUALA LUMPUR, Police are hunting four men suspected of being involved in an attempted robbery in front of a petrol station on the Shah Alam Expressway (KESAS), Subang Jaya, early this morning. Subang Jaya district police chief ACP Wan Azlan Wan Mamat said his team received a report from the victim, 37, who worked as a technician, at 1.37 am today. “In the incident, a suspect who was riding a motorcycle stopped in front of the victim’s vehicle and swung a stick at the car’s windshield and smashed it. “Efforts to locate the suspect are underway and anyone with information

SEPANG, A Pakistani man, the father of a 12-year-old boy who drove a car without a driving licence, is facing fines of up to RM50,000 on charges of neglecting and failing to supervise his son’s activities that could result in physical harm. Muhammad Saleem Fazal Khuda, 53, a Malaysian permanent resident, plead not guilty to the charge read in front of Judge Ahmad Fuad Othman at the Sessions Court here today. He is charged with committing the offence at Taman Putra Impiana, Puchong, at 7.30 pm, July 28 under Section 31(1)(a) of the Child Act 2001, which also stipulates 20

KOTA BHARU, The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living (KPDN) Kelantan branch arrested two men suspected of petrol smuggling using a modified vehicle in Kampung Talak, Tumpat, yesterday. Its director Azman Ismail said the two suspects, aged 50 and 70, were caught at 9.40 am during an operation aimed at preventing the leakage of controlled goods. This operation was conducted in collaboration with the Pengkalan Kubor Region 3 Marine Police Force. He said based on intelligence, a Nissan Grand Livina car with a local registration number from the direction of Kota Bharu was stopped in the village. “The

KUALA LUMPUR, Bursa Malaysia maintained its upward trajectory to end higher for the second consecutive day today, driven by a wave of investor optimism following the United States Federal Reserve’s (Fed) reassuring remarks to prevent an economic downturn, according to a dealer. Add to that, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) also took to the stage to reinforce the central bank’s commitment to monetary easing, following the global stock-market rout on Monday. At 5 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) put on 17.48 points or 1.11 per cent to 1,591.87 compared with Tuesday’s close of 1,574.39. The market bellwether

PUTRAJAYA, The government has not yet received exact information from Meta Platforms Inc (Meta) regarding the removal of some content from the Facebook (FB) and Instagram accounts of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, says Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil. He said that Meta, however, had expressed its commitment to continue discussions and accept feedback and input from the government. ‘As of Monday, we have not been able to obtain precise information on what led to the content being removed from the PM’s Facebook and Instagram accounts,’ he said at a press conference here today. Yesterday, Anwar was reported to have