Day: September 10, 2024

JOHOR BAHRU, Residents of Kampung Maju Jaya here claimed to have smelled a strong, pungent odour similar to chemicals at around 1 am yesterday. The odour was reportedly noticeable around the village, including near the Tebrau River. According to one resident, Zaini Kasirin, 49, the effects of the pollution caused some villagers, especially the elderly, to experience dizziness. “Yesterday, the villagers, particularly the elderly, complained of dizziness, which doesn’t usually happen. “When everyone mentioned the smell in the village WhatsApp group, we advised them to stay indoors, but even inside the houses, the smell lingered,” he said when met by

TELUK INTAN, A lawyer suffered losses of RM1.75 million in a love scam after becoming acquainted with a foreign man through the WhatsApp application in July. Perak police chief Datuk Azizi Mat Aris said the 58-year-old woman lodged a police report yesterday after realising she had been deceived. ‘According to the woman, the suspect claimed to be a marine geologist and alleged that his cash was stolen during a robbery while he was in Malaysia for an underwater tank construction project off the coast of Terengganu. ‘Due to the ‘problems’ he claimed to be facing, the suspect asked the victim

NILAI, A welding workshop in Ulu Beranang, Lenggeng, has been discovered making an illegal water connection, resulting in a loss of RM30,000 for Syarikat Air Negeri Sembilan Sdn Bhd (SAINS). National Water Services Commission (SPAN) Enforcement Division director Ainal Yusman Mohamad Yusop said that the commission received a complaint from SAINS and found that the water theft had been ongoing at the premises for the past two years. He said that during a raid, SPAN uncovered a 25-millimetre High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) pipe connected directly to SAINS’ main line, channelling water into the workshop for its daily operations. ‘Investigations revealed that

KUALA LUMPUR, The Malaysian Timber Council (MTC) organised a tree-planting programme at Sekolah Kebangsaan Pandan Jaya, here yesterday, planting 100 saplings of eight different species on the school grounds. The tree-planting programme was sponsored by MTC as part of the Council’s CSR initiative in collaboration with the Forestry Department of Peninsular Malaysia (FDPM) and the school. The event was officiated by the Director-General of FDPM, Dato’ Haji Zahari Ibrahim, who also serves as a member of MTC’s Board of Trustees. Source: BERNAMA News Agency

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