Cops nab man carrying 560kg of ketum leaves

POLICE arrested a 25-year-old man for carrying 560kg of ketum leaves in his car along the road in Kampung Pasir Dusun in Jeli on Thursday. Jeli police chief Saari Yaacob said the man was apprehended at 10.30am after cops chased the suspect’s Proton Preve for 15km.

MMEA seizes 4 boats, detains 31 foreign crew for illegal fishing

THE Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) in Kelantan has seized four boats and arrested 31 Vietnamese fishermen for illegally fishing in Malaysian waters. Director Syed Nor Adli Syed Ab Rahman said the fishermen were arrested during two operations on Monday and Wednesday.

North Sea shell survey brings out volunteers

HUNDREDS of volunteers descended on the beaches of the North Sea coast this weekend to collect sea shells as a measure of the sea’s biological diversity. While there is a serious scientific purpose to the exercise, it is also a fun day out on the coast for Belgian, French and Dutch families with kids.

Police arrest suspect in cat carcasses case

POLICE have arrested a local man on suspicion of being involved in the discovery of cat skeletons, organs and carcasses in a condominium unit in Bandar Sri Permaisuri, Cheras, in Kuala Lumpur. Cheras district police chief Zam Halim Jamaluddin said the 31-year-old suspect, who is a tenant of the condominium unit, was arrested in Cheras, […]

Floods: 313 families in Rompin receive Bakul Rahmah, cash

KUANTAN: The Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry presented donations in the forms of food baskets under the Bakul Rahmah initiative and cash amounting to RM72,000 to 313 families affected by the recent floods in Rompin. Read full story