Crime & Safety news in Mahkamah Tinggi
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Police warn influencers not to take own action on Rohingya issue
Royal Malaysia Police have reminded the public, including influencers, not to take their own action on the Rohingya ethnic issue. The director of the Crime Prevention and Community Safety Department at Bukit Aman, Datuk Noor Hisam Nordin, said any information or confusion, including about Rohingya settlements, should be reported to the police. He spoke at a media conference after a passing-out parade at Universiti Malaysia Kelantan in Bachok.
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Two women die of electric shock at Besut fish pond, TNB denies its equipment involved
Two women aged 49 and 27 were found unconscious at a fish-rearing pond in Pantai Air Tawar, Kuala Besut, Terengganu, yesterday and confirmed dead, believed to be from electric shock. TNB said its equipment was not involved and will cooperate with authorities in the investigation.
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72-year-old man pleads not guilty to murder of woman in Sepanggar
A 72-year-old man pleaded not guilty in the Kota Kinabalu High Court to murdering a woman whose dismembered body was found in Sepanggar in February. The court set October 19 for case management before trial.
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JPJ Kelantan seizes 12 vehicles in extreme modification op
JPJ Kelantan seized 10 cars and two motorcycles with extreme modifications in Ops Ekstrem around Kota Bharu last Friday. A total of 131 notices were issued, including 52 P22 summonses and 12 seizure notices. From January to date, 18 Ops Ekstrem operations were conducted with 5,616 notices issued.
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Two women electrocuted at Besut fish pond, UiTM trainee among dead
A 27-year-old UiTM student undergoing practical training and her 49-year-old employer were found unconscious and later pronounced dead at a fish pond in Pantai Air Tawar, Besut. The husband of the student discovered the two women lying on top of each other when he arrived to pick her up for lunch. Police have classified the case as a sudden death report.
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18 motorcycles seized, four held in Ipoh street gang operation
Police in Ipoh, Perak, conducted an integrated operation against street gangs at Jalan Pasir Puteh near Station 18 early this morning. Eighteen motorcycles were seized and four individuals detained for reckless riding, while 416 traffic summonses were issued. The operation involved 66 police and environment department personnel.
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Two die in suspected electrocution at fish pond in Pantai Air Tawar
A woman and her employer were found unconscious at a fish pond in Pantai Air Tawar, Besut, and confirmed dead, believed to be from electrocution. The victim's husband found them lying on top of each other before both were taken to the Besut Hospital Forensic Unit.
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Two women die from suspected electric shock at Kuala Besut fish pond
Two women died after a suspected electric shock at a fish pond in Kampung Air Tawar, Kuala Besut, today. The victims were Wan Adilah Wan Awang, 49, who owned the pond, and Rubayyi Razak, 27, a practical student. Wan Adilah was buried at Kampung Dengir Islamic cemetery after a post-mortem.
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UiTM intern dies after suspected electric shock at Besut fish pond
A UiTM Jengka intern, Rubayyi Razak, died after a suspected electric shock at a fish farm in Pantai Air Tawar, Besut. Her husband found her and her employer lying on the ground and sought help. She will be buried in Kampung Tok Khamis, Pasir Puteh, Kelantan.
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Captain Zainol Afiq laid to rest in Senawang
The body of pilot Captain Zainol Afiq Bee Sham, 30, was buried at the Senawang Islamic Cemetery in Forest Heights, Seremban, at about 6pm. He was one of five killed when an Air Doctor Service (FDS) helicopter crashed and burned near Long Lellang Airport in Sarawak last Tuesday. The bodies of four other health workers were sent to Kota Bharu, Miri and Kuching for burial.
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30 inmates at Machang Rehabilitation Centre join tahfiz programme
Thirty inmates at the Machang Rehabilitation Centre in Kelantan are enrolled in a structured tahfiz programme, with two having completed memorising all 30 juzuk of the Quran. The centre's director said Sekolah Tahfiz Al-Quran Al-Furqan, set up in 2023 with MAIK, is the first organised tahfiz school inside a prison in the country, and two more inmates are expected to finish by year-end.
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Husband of Dr Ainul Baraah thanks those who helped with funeral arrangements
The husband of the late Dr Ainul Baraah Kamarudin has thanked the Federal Government, Sarawak state government and Kelantan state government for helping manage his wife's remains. Dr Ainul Baraah, one of five victims of the Air Doctor Service helicopter crash in Long Lellang, Baram, was buried at the Sri Kedeper Islamic Cemetery after funeral prayers at Masjid Al Karomah Mukim Baung Besar, Pengkalan Chepa.
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Dr. Ainul Baraah buried at Kampung Sri Kedeper after Miri helicopter crash
The body of Dr. Ainul Baraah Kamarudin, 33, who died in the Air Doctor Service helicopter crash in Long Lellang, Miri, was buried at the Kampung Sri Kedeper Islamic Cemetery in Kota Bharu today. The remains arrived at Sultan Ismail Petra Airport in Pengkalan Chepa before the funeral prayer led by Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad.
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Dzulkefly leads 1,000 in funeral prayers for Dr Ainul Baraah in Pengkalan Chepa
Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad led funeral prayers for Dr Ainul Baraah Kamarudin, 33, at Al Karomah Mosque in Mukim Baung Besar, Pengkalan Chepa, Kelantan, with over 1,000 congregants attending. The medical officer was one of five killed when a BO-105 helicopter operated by Layang-Layang Aerospace crashed near the Long Lellang STOLport runway in Miri, Sarawak, on Tuesday. Her remains arrived at Sultan Ismail Petra Airport earlier in the day.
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Police hunt man suspected of kicking girl at Telipot eatery
Kota Bharu police have opened an investigation after a viral video showed a man kicking a young girl at an eatery in Telipot. The case is being probed under Section 31(1)(a) of the Child Act 2001, and police are still tracking down the man and the child.
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Dr Ainul Baraah's body arrives in Pengkalan Chepa for burial
The body of Dr Ainul Baraah Kamaruddin arrived at Masjid Al Karomah Mukim Baung Besar in Pengkalan Chepa, Kota Bharu at 11.50am today after being flown from Miri, Sarawak. She was among five people killed in a BO-105 helicopter crash near the STOLport Long Lellang runway in Sarawak last Tuesday. She will be buried at the Sri Kedeper Islamic cemetery after Zuhur prayers.
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Thai man found drowned in Sungai Golok near Rantau Panjang
A 23-year-old Thai man, Faiz Hasan, was found drowned in Sungai Golok along the Malaysia-Thailand border near Kampung Pengkalan Pasir and Abe Yie in Rantau Panjang, Pasir Mas. He was recovered by Thai authorities at 7.10pm after a search and rescue operation that began the previous morning, and the body was handed to Thai authorities.
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Man missing after jumping into Sungai Golok to evade PGA patrol
A man is feared drowned after jumping into Sungai Golok in Rantau Panjang early this morning while trying to flee from Pasukan Gerakan Am personnel. Another man was rescued by a Thai boat driver and taken to the Thai riverbank.
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Fire in a two-storey house in Kota Bharu; body of 66-year-old man found in bathroom
A fire broke out last night in a two-storey house near Jalan Pantai Cahaya Bulan in Kota Bharu, in the Pasar Kok Kapur area. Firefighters found the body of 66-year-old Kang Chu Hak in the bathroom of the house, which was 95 per cent destroyed. Thirty-five firefighters from the Kota Bharu, Kota Darul Naim and Pengkalan Chepa stations brought the fire under control; the cause is under investigation.
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Elderly man, 66, dies trapped in bathroom as house burns in Pasar Gok Kapor
A 66-year-old man was found dead after a two-storey house he lived in caught fire at Pasar Gok Kapor, Jalan Pantai Cahaya Bulan, Kota Bharu, last night. Firefighters received the emergency call at 8.43pm and brought the fire under control at 9.24pm. The victim was found in the bathroom and his body remained inside the house as the operation continued.
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PGA seizes lorry carrying 10 tonnes of smuggled rice in Pasir Mas
The General Operations Force stopped a lorry loaded with 10 tonnes of rice believed smuggled from Thailand at a roadside in Kampung Banggol Kuin, Pasir Mas, early this morning. The 37-year-old local driver could not produce documents and the rice, worth about RM40,000, was seized for investigation under the National Padi and Rice Regulatory Act 1994.
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Bukit Aman: Drug lab intelligence takes months to avoid premature raids
Bukit Aman's narcotics chief Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said intelligence work to uncover illegal drug labs can take months or up to a year to map the whole syndicate before raids are carried out. He said acting too early only nets one or two people without finding the actual lab. He was commenting on an operation in Puncak Alam, Selangor, that uncovered a drug lab and seized drugs worth an estimated RM2.4 billion, in which a suspect was shot dead.
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PUSPEN Bachok client info helps police bust drug syndicates
Police and AADK are using information from clients at the Bachok Narcotics Addiction Rehabilitation Centre (PUSPEN) to help dismantle drug syndicates. Bukit Aman Narcotics CID director Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said the information sharing helps track syndicate members and has led to several raids and arrests. He spoke at a press conference after a strategic visit to PUSPEN Bachok today.
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Bukit Aman: Syndicates Use Public as Drug Mules to Europe
Bukit Aman's narcotics chief said drug syndicates flying to Europe often use ordinary members of the public as mules, mainly carrying cannabis flowers. He spoke after a visit to the Bachok Narcotics Rehabilitation Centre in Kelantan, and said police had also recorded arrests at KLIA and Sultan Azlan Shah Airport in Ipoh.