Day: September 12, 2024

BATU PAHAT, A school bus driver who went viral for referring to a young girl he was transporting as his ‘crush’ was charged again today, this time at the Sessions Court here, for allegedly posting an offensive comment in a TikTok video uploaded last week. The 24-year-old man pleaded not guilty after the charge was read before Judge Osman Affendi Mohd Shalleh. According to the charge, he is accused of knowingly making and initiating the transmission of an offensive comment in a video showing a nine-year-old girl with the caption ‘Harini crush busy buat homework’ (today my crush is busy

KUALA LUMPUR, The national squad has the potential to create upsets at the World Junior Badminton Championships in Nanchang, China, from Sept 30 to Oct 13, according to junior head coach Jeffer Rosobin. Jeffer’s optimism stems from the national squad’s recent success at the Asian Junior Championships in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, last July. He said the team is currently undergoing intensive training to ensure peak performance at the world meet. ‘At the Asian Junior meet our players secured medals for the first time in six years. We won silver in men’s doubles and three bronzes, in women’s doubles and singles, and

SUBANG, The Malaysia ICT Volunteer (MIV) with the community programme continues its tour in Selangor, training volunteers to help raise digital literacy levels and promote the safe use of technology in the community. Selangor Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) director Mohd Faisal Md Nor said the programme was important for the state, as it had recorded the highest number of complaints related to online content, totalling 4,022 as of last August. He said that these complaints included 807 reports of scam activities on social media platforms such as Facebook, TikTok, and Instagram. ‘This data highlights the vital role and

SEREMBAN, A 19-year-old girl pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here today to charges of abusing four children, aged five and six, at a daycare child centre near here last month. She was charged in two Sessions Court, two of the charges were read out before Judge Datin Surita Budin and another two charges were read out before Judge Meor Sulaiman Ahmad Tarmizi, On all four charges, the assistant caretaker was charged as the person having the care of the four children, all girls, to have physically abused them by placing a hot metal spoon on their arms, resulting

KUALA LUMPUR, Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s trial over alleged power abuse involving RM2.3 billion in 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) funds have been postponed to Sept 17 as he is still warded in Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL) due to acute inflammation of the knee. HKL Orthopedic and Traumatology Department senior consultant Dr Siti Hawa Tahir informed Justice Datuk Collin Lawrence Sequerah that the medical team needs to monitor Najib’s progress after prescribing him opioids two days ago. ‘Datuk Seri Najib’s medical certificate (MC) for today and tomorrow was given based on yesterday’s evaluation because when it comes