TAWAU: The second accused in the murder trial of Kolej Vokasional Lahad Datu student, Mohamad Nazmie Aizzat Mohd Narul Azwan, also known as Ijat, admitted in the High Court on Wednesday (March 12) that he slapped the victim's face, struck his shoulder, kicked him, and stepped on his waist at the 5 Belian dormitory room.
SINGAPORE: A man used his mobile phone to secretly record upskirt videos of multiple victims in public, and the police found child pornography in his possession when he was arrested in July 2021.
LONDON (Reuters) - More than seven years after the blaze that engulfed London's Grenfell Tower, some families of victims say they have been traumatised again by letters notifying them that human remains are still in storage which could be of their loved ones.
JOHOR BARU: Revenge could have been the motive for the shooting murder of a man in Taman Setia Indah, Johor here two months ago, police investigation shows.
KOTA KINABALU: A man was killed after his vehicle veered off the road and plunged into a 30m-deep ravine at Mile 38, Jalan Kalabakan, in Tawau, Wednesday (March 12) morning.
NEW DELHI: A 10-year-old girl, who was apparently brutally raped, was found abandoned in a serious condition in a forest area in the Myana area in the Guna district of Madhya Pradesh.
A Japanese man has been dubbed "the crazy key-copying demon" after he copied a woman's key to sneak into her home on New Year's Eve.
Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Sunday (March 9, 2025)
Victims lost at least S$36mil in less than two months to conmen touting investment scams on chat groups and social media platforms, Singapore police said.
KUALA LANGAT: An abduction victim, who was forcibly taken away for failing to pay for the rental of a car, has been rescued by the police.
JAKARTA: The death toll from a landslide on Indonesia's main island of Java rose to 25 as rescuers found three more bodies on Friday (Jan 24), a search and rescue agency official said.
KLUANG: A woman who was almost shot outside her home in Kampung Bukit Batu Machap, Simpang Renggam, near here, attempted to chase down the gunman’s vehicle in a desperate bid to capture its plate number for the police.
KUANTAN: A university student here lost RM147,000 after falling victim to a phone scam syndicate that impersonated representatives of an online sales platform and police officers last month.
KUCHING: The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee is prepared to bring in experts from Kuala Lumpur to assist in rescuing victims buried in the landslide which occurred in Miri early Wednesday.
BENTONG: Four men are being hunted by police after robbing two Chinese tourists in Pekan Gohtong Jaya, near Genting Highlands, on Monday (Dec 30).
BENTONG: Police are hunting down four men who robbed two China national tourists in Pekan Gohtong Jaya.
KLUANG: A 52-year-old smallholder farmer has lost RM300,000 of his life savings to an investment scam he saw on Facebook.
BANGKOK: A police officer in Thailand has sparked much amusement online after he camouflaged himself as foliage to effect the arrest of a sex offender in a rural setting.
KLUANG: A 67-year-old woman suffered a loss amounting to RM10,130 following a robbery at her home in Taman Intan, here.
MELAKA: Seven people were killed when their multipurpose vehicle (MPV) was involved in a collision with five vehicles, including a trailer and a tour bus, at KM204 of the northbound PLUS Highway on Monday (Dec 23).