Day: September 28, 2024

SEREMBAN, The driver of a sand-laden lorry involved in a fatal accident with five other vehicles at the traffic light intersection on Persiaran Golf, Nilai, yesterday, has tested positive for drugs. Nilai district deputy police chief DSP Mat Ghani Lateh said the 30-year-old man’s urine sample tested positive for methamphetamine. ‘The man has been remanded for four days until Oct 1 to complete the investigation under Section 44(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987,” he told Bernama today. In the 3.45 pm incident, a 31-year-old woman was killed after being trapped in her vehicle and four others were injured. The

GEORGE TOWN, The Penang government plans to establish more ‘Streets of Harmony’ across the state to promote and strengthen unity among the people, said Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow. He said there were currently four ‘Streets Of Harmony’ on the island. These ‘Streets of Harmony’ are where houses of worship for various religions are situated nearby. There are in the Kapitan Keling Mosque area in George Town, Seberang Jaya and Bukit Mertajam and the latest one is in Bayan Baru, which is opened today area. “We are also planning to have one in Ampang Jajar, Butterworth,’ he told reporters after

KLUANG, Voters in the Mahkota state assembly by-election made considerable efforts, journeying back from various locations across the country and even from Singapore, to exercise their voting rights. Nurakmal Shafiq Norapandi, 28, who works across the causeway, stated that the expense and time were a small sacrifice and also an opportunity to bring his family back for a holiday. “I took leave two weeks ago because the date of the by-election was announced well in advance. I decided to bring my family along because many relatives are returning. It’s a chance for us to gather, even if briefly. “But my

KLUANG, Even though it’s only been a month since she gave birth to her first child, young mother Nur Syafiqah Azani who is still in confinement, was determined to go out and fulfill her responsibility as a voter of the Mahkota state by-election. Nur Syafiqah, 19, of Sarawak said she did not want to miss out on voting because the by-election was her first, so she and her husband left early in the morning from their family home in Johor Bahru. “We left at 4 this morning. To be honest, it was noisy but everything went smoothly and the staff

SHAH ALAM, Seven individuals arrested in Selangor yesterday in connection with the GISB Holdings Sdn Bhd (GISBH) case have been remanded for seven days. The remand order, which begins today, was issued by Deputy Registrar Muhammad Firdaus Abdul Rashid at the Magistrate’s Court here. Lawyer Rosli Kamaruddin, who represented the seven, aged 18 to 55, said they are being investigated under, among others, Section 31(a) of the Child Act 2001 and the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2022. According to him, they were arrested in Rawang last night. They comprise six women, including four believed to be