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- Police mount operation to find remains of missing South Korean
- Fire engine crashes into house, injuring four firemen
- Orang Seletar protest against encroachment
| Police mount operation to find remains of missing South Korean Posted: 15 Dec 2011 06:27 AM PST PETALING JAYA: Police have mounted a large-scale operation to locate the remains of a South Korean expatriate who is believed to have been murdered. Led by city deputy CID chief Asst Comm Khairi Arasa, the team comprising 60 personnel from Bukit Aman and the Brickfields police headquarters including commandos and the K-9 unit combed at least 12 locations along Sungai Chinchin, Gombak up to the Karak highway near Bentong. The operation started from 8.30am Thursday and had to be called off by 3.30pm due to a heavy downpour. Several representatives from the South Korean embassy were also present. The operation is expected to continue in several other earmarked locations Friday. Businessman Kim Chong-yong, 53, was believed to have been killed by a fellow Korean known to the victim and his body dumped in a river near Gombak. It was reported earlier that the victim, who was also president of the Korean Sports Council in Malaysia, was last seen in the Mont Kiara area where he had met an acquaintance on the evening of Oct 29. A missing persons report was lodged at the Ampang police station and the embassy was notified on Nov 1. Police are also working closely with the Interpol to obtain more information on a suspect said to have flown to the Philippines on Oct 30. Sources also revealed that the search was launched after police traced phone calls made by the suspect and viewed CCTV footages at the condominium. When police raided the unoccupied unit, they found bloodstains, leading them to suspect that the victim could have been murdered. Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
| Fire engine crashes into house, injuring four firemen Posted: 15 Dec 2011 05:37 AM PST KEPALA BATAS: Four firemen were injured while another escaped unhurt when the fire engine they were in skidded and crashed into a house in Penaga here. They were on their way to put out a fire when a motorcyclist suddenly appeared in the opposite direction at a bend, forcing the fire engine to crash into the house at Jalan Pasir Gebu, Penaga. Fireman Nordin Hassan, 55, who was driving with his four colleagues from the Kuala Muda Fire Station, suffered head injuries in the accident at 9.25pm Wednesday. Syawal Dahaman, in his 50s, who was seated in the front passenger seat could not open the door as it was jammed against the wall of the house. His leg was pinned inside and it took about two hours for him to be rescued by colleagues another fire engine. Shamsudin Mat Nahu, in his 50s, injured his nose, while Ridzwan Hamid, in his 40s, sustained injuries on his ankle. Another colleague escaped unhurt. Penang Fire and Rescue Department director Azmi Tamat said it took time to rescue Syawal who was trapped inside the fire engine as the vehicle stuck between a tree and wall of the house. He said all four injured were taken to Kepala Batas hospital for treatment. The house occupants, Noriah Wahab, 66, and her son Norizwan Abd Razak, 31, were unhurt. Noriah said she was resting while Norizwan went into the kitchen to have food. "I was shocked when I heard a loud noise and thought a tree had fallen on the house," she said. She said Norizwan rushed to her i and took her out to safety. Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
| Orang Seletar protest against encroachment Posted: 15 Dec 2011 04:15 AM PST NUSAJAYA: Some 200 Orang Seletar staged a protest in front of Bangunan Sultan Ismail, singing songs to attract the attention of assemblymen attending the state assembly meeting. The group from nine Orang Seletar villages Thursday wanted to meet Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman and hand over a memorandum on what they claimed was encroachment into their area following the development in Iskandar Malaysia. Their representative Edy Salim, 31, said the Orang Seletar was against the development along the coastline of the Johor Straits and that they felt neglected by the state government. He said the Orang Seletar was an indigenous tribe who live along the Johor Straits, Sungai Pulai and Sungai Johor. Since the start of the Iskandar Malaysia project, he claimed that their way of life had been threatened and that irresponsible developers had polluted the rivers and sea. In their memorandum, they sought for a stop to any project that encroached into their area, to revoke or cancel the giving out of land and to convert it to Orang Asli reserve land. State exco members Datuk Ahmad Zahri Jamil and Asiah Md Ariff, who represented Johor Mentri Besar, met with the group and held a discussion with the representatives. Ahmad Zahri said a meeting would be held soon between the authorities and the Orang Seletar to look for solutions. Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
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