(Updated 11:38pm, 6 April 2009) PUTRAJAYA, 6 April 2009: Remand prisoner A Kugan died of swelling or fluid build-up in the lungs, due to acute inflammation of the heart muscle compounded by blunt force trauma, an independent committee investigating the two post-mortem reports on him concluded. Director-General of Health Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican […]
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Nine school bullies detained
KUANTAN, 6 April 2009: The police have detained nine students who allegedly used a hot iron to inflict burns on another’s hands at a boarding school in Raub. The suspects, aged 14 and 16, were said to have committed the offence on 29 March. Pahang CID chief ACP T Narenasagaran said prior to the incident, […]
Khairy: Beef up security for polling day
SUNGAI PETANI, 6 April 2009: Umno Youth has asked the police and the Election Commission (EC) to step up security measures in the Bukit Selambau and Bukit Gantang constituencies for polling day tomorrow to prevent any untoward incidents. Its chief, Khairy Jamaluddin, said Umno Youth members had also been instructed to maintain security to enable […]
Firearms lab, shooting range uncovered in house
PETALING JAYA, 3 April 2009: Police raided a house near Sungai Buloh early today and uncovered a firearms lab and shooting range. The raiding police team closed in on a 42-year-old man who turned out to be the ‘brains’ behind the laboratory and a gunsmith who trained four Indonesians on the use of an assortment […]
Four Taiwanese charged with drug trafficking
JOHOR BARU, 3 April 2009: Four Taiwanese men were charged in the Magistrate’s Court here today with trafficking in 1,439kg of Eramin 5 drug last month. Chung Sheng Wen, 36, Chang Yen Ming, 34, Chang Yung Hseng, 30, and Wu Sheng Yuan, 30, were alleged to have committed the offence at a factory in Jalan […]
PAS lacks respect for law
KUALA LUMPUR, 2 April 2009: PAS saying it will ignore the police orders to political parties not to make seditious statements when campaigning for the three upcoming by-elections, shows the party lacks respect for the law, Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said today. Syed Hamid said the tendency of PAS to “do whatever […]
EC gears up for any eventualities in Batang Ai
LUBOK ANTU, 2 April 2009: The Election Commission (EC) is prepared for any eventualities in reaching the most remote corners of the Batang Ai state constituency in next Tuesday’s by-election, its state director Takun Sunggah said today. He said the 201 election personnel would be deployed to the 25 polling stations and 26 polling streams […]
Pupil dies after caning at school
SEREMBAN, 1 April 2009: A nine-year-old pupil of Sekolah Rendah Jenis Kebangsaan Cina Kg Tiong in Gemas, who was caned by a teacher at the school yesterday, died today. According to Negeri Sembilan police chief Datuk Osman Salleh, the boy had complained about feeling dizzy after the caning session and on seeing his condition was […]
PKR defies Altantuya ban
By Shanon ShahSUNGAI PETANI, 1 Apr 2009: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) adviser Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim didn’t say the “A” word, but it didn’t stop his own party leaders from mentioning Altantuya Shaariibuu at a ceramah here last night. PKR supreme council member and Padang Serai Member of Parliament (MP) N Gobalakrishnan told the more than 1,000-strong […]
Apologise, PKR’s Gobalakrishnan told
By Shanon ShahSUNGAI PETANI, 1 Apr 2009: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR)’s N Gobalakrishnan has 24 hours to apologise publicly for accusing Bukit Selambau’s independent candidates of being Barisan Nasional (BN) stooges, said independent candidate L Sarala. Sarala “I also want him to show evidence today that we have received money from the BN to contest,” Sarala said […]
