What's happening around Kampung Pengkalan Setar Gelugor Kedai Terengganu
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Welfare Dept upgrades evacuation centres for disabled ahead of monsoon
The Welfare Department is upgrading temporary evacuation centres nationwide to better serve persons with disabilities during the monsoon season. Its director-general Datuk Che Murad Sayang Ramjan said the improvements include dedicated spaces and sign language interpreters, after a state-level PPS management simulation at the Sungai Jawi multipurpose hall in Nibong Tebal. More than 9,000 PPS have been identified nationwide and 6,000 volunteers are trained for mobilisation.
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Pulau Burung landfill in Nibong Tebal catches fire again
A fire broke out at the Pulau Burung solid waste landfill in Nibong Tebal, Penang, late last night. The blaze covered an area of about 36 metres by 27 metres and was brought under control at 12.30am before being fully extinguished around 5am. Seventeen firefighters from four stations were involved, and no casualties were reported.
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Police reclassify Nibong Tebal missing person case as murder after body found in septic tank
Police in Nibong Tebal, Penang have reclassified a missing person case as murder after a man's body was found in a septic tank at a house in Taman Seri Bistari. Five people, including the house owner and two Myanmar nationals, have been remanded to assist investigations.
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Five Myanmar nationals remanded over body found in Nibong Tebal septic tank
A man's body was found with hands and feet bound in a septic tank at a house in Taman Seri Bistari, Nibong Tebal, Penang. Five Myanmar nationals in their 30s were arrested in Lenggeng, Negeri Sembilan, and remanded for seven days at the Bukit Mertajam magistrates' court under Section 365 for kidnapping, with murder also being investigated.
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Man found bound in septic tank, five remanded four days
In Nibong Tebal, Penang, the body of a man in his 50s was found with hands and feet bound inside a septic tank behind a terrace house in Taman Seri Bistari. Five individuals including a woman were remanded for four days starting today by Magistrate J Savinder Singh in Bukit Mertajam under Section 365 of the Penal Code. RM30,000 in cash was allegedly transferred from the victim's bank account to a grocery shop in Sungai Bakap before the incident was reported.