Wisma Putra confirms detention of Malaysian in Saudi Arabia
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 2 — The Foreign Ministry (Wisma Putra) has confirmed the detention of a Malaysian in Saudi Arabia, saying it has extended consular...
Local celebrity arrested for alleged cannabis possession
PUTRAJAYA, Dec 15 — A local celebrity was arrested today on suspicion of possessing cannabis in a raid on a terrace house in Cyberjaya yesterday....
Malaysians detained at Narathiwat prison not mistreated — Thai authorities
NARATHIWAT, Nov 10 — The Narathiwat Provincial Prison authorities have denied allegations that six Malaysian detainees were mistreated in the prison. A Narathiwat Provincial Prison...
Dikir Barat singer among six Malaysians detained in Thailand for drug possession
NARATHIWAT, Nov 2 — A popular modern Dikir Barat singer from Kelantan was among six Malaysians detained in Thailand yesterday for allegedly possessing drugs. According...
Federal Court reserves verdict on concurrent caning sentences
PUTRAJAYA, Aug 8 — The Federal Court has reserved its decision on whether judges can order concurrent instead of consecutive caning sentences for offenders convicted...
Cliff Umar fined RM5,500 for drug use, possession
SHAH ALAM, July 31 — The winner of a singing reality programme, Abdullah Umar Joseph, also known as Cliff Umar, was fined RM5,500, or in...
Singer Cliff Umar pleads guilty to drug possession charge
SHAH ALAM, May 30 — Singer Cliff Umar pleaded guilty to a charge of drug possession, believed to be heroin, at the Magistrate’s Court today....
Ex-cabbie escapes gallows, gets 10 years jail for possessing cannabis
PUTRAJAYA, Jan 3 — A former taxi driver escaped the gallows today after the charge against him for trafficking in 1029.2g of cannabis was reduced...
Federal Court dismisses man’s appeal for caning sentence to be served concurrently
PUTRAJAYA, Dec 18 — A former deliveryman failed in his appeal in the Federal Court today to have his sentence of 10 strokes of the...
Three men spared the gallows, jailed 15 years for possessing methamphetamine
PUTRAJAYA, Sept 20 — Three men including two foreign nationals escaped the gallows after the Court of Appeal reduced their charge of trafficking in 9kg...
Maintenance staff spared hangman’s noose; jailed 10 years, six months for possessing cannabis
PUTRAJAYA, Sept 13 — A former maintenance staff at an army air base in Sungai Petani, Kedah, escaped the hangman’s noose today after his drug...
Two men escape gallows, get jail instead for drug possession
PUTRAJAYA, Sept 7 — Two men escaped the gallows today after their drug trafficking charges were reduced to drug possession. Chow Kum Yuen, 37, was...