25 h. ago Malaysian reporter arrested for sedition after controversial question at Gaza lecture

Former Free Malaysia Today (FMT) journalist Rex Tan was arrested at about 12.45am on Saturday after being summoned to the Dang Wangi district police headquarters in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur. The arrest was confirmed by his lawyer, Rajsurian Pillai, who said Tan was detained under Section 4(1) of the Sedition Act 1948 and Section 505(c) of the Penal Code. It followed a sensitive question alleged to contain racial elements that was raised during a public lecture in Kuala Lumpur. At...

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4 d. ago Malaysian streetwear boss suspended after car chase video draws cries of entitlement

Malaysian police are investigating after a viral road-rage video showing a Ferrari driver aggressively chasing another driver triggered a wave of online fury in the country. Social media users turned their ire on perceived elite entitlement after the Ferrari driver was identified as the co-founder of a local streetwear brand. The label, Stoned & Co, said it had suspended co-founder and managing director Tan Jia Hui after a video circulating over the weekend showed him tailgating and blocking a...

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5 d. ago Malaysian man posing as security guard forced woman to perform ‘indecent act’: police

A Malaysian man has been arrested over allegations he posed as a security guard to rob a young couple in a car park in Kuala Lumpur before forcing the woman to perform “an indecent act”, police have said. Wangsa Maju district police chief Assistant Commissioner Mohamad Lazim Ismail said a report was lodged on Wednesday after the alleged attack the previous night in Ayer Panas, Setapak, where the 19-year-old woman and her boyfriend were in their car eating burgers and recording a “mukbang...

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1 week ago Singaporeans in viral petrol refuelling video surrender to Malaysian police

The man who went viral for allegedly refuelling a Singapore-registered car with subsidised RON95 petrol at a fuel station in Johor has come forward, Malaysian police said on Monday. Kulai Assistant Commissioner Tan Seng Lee said that the 63-year-old man and his 67-year-old wife arrived at the Kulai police headquarters to assist with the investigation. “The investigation paper is still being processed and will be referred to the deputy public prosecutor as soon as possible for further...

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1 week ago Couple from Singapore surrender to Malaysian police over refuelling case

The man who went viral for allegedly refuelling a Singapore-registered car with subsidised RON95 petrol at a fuel station in Johor has come forward, Malaysian police said on Monday. Kulai Assistant Commissioner Tan Seng Lee said that the 63-year-old man and his 67-year-old wife arrived at the Kulai police headquarters to assist with the investigation. “The investigation paper is still being processed and will be referred to the deputy public prosecutor as soon as possible for further...

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4 w. ago Malaysia seizes US$375 million in drugs after Kuala Lumpur syndicate busted

Malaysian police busted a crime syndicate and seized US$375 million-worth of cocaine, ketamine and other drugs, calling it one of the country’s largest hauls to date. Four sting operations around Kuala Lumpur netted more than four tonnes of cocaine and 14 tonnes of ketamine, as well as the synthetic drug MDMA and drug-making equipment, police said in a statement released on Saturday. During Tuesday’s raids, police arrested six suspects: three local men and three foreign women. Cars, forklifts...

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4 w. ago Hulk smash as Malaysian officer rips car door off its hinges

A Malaysian police officer’s superhero moment has gone viral after dashcam footage showed him wrenching open a suspect’s car door with his bare hands during a chase. The two-minute clip, widely shared on social media, shows a car being driven against the flow of traffic on a busy road in Kota Kinabalu, the capital of Sabah on Malaysian Borneo, before it is intercepted by police. In the video, the suspect’s vehicle screeches to a halt as an officer repeatedly orders the driver to step out. When...

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4 w. ago Hulk smash? Malaysian officer rips car door off hinges while chasing suspect

A Malaysian police officer’s superhero moment has gone viral after dashcam footage showed him wrenching open a suspect’s car door with his bare hands during a chase. The two-minute clip, widely shared on social media, shows a car being driven against the flow of traffic on a busy road in Kota Kinabalu, the capital of Sabah on Malaysian Borneo, before it is intercepted by police. In the video, the suspect’s vehicle screeches to a halt as an officer repeatedly orders the driver to step out. When...

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