MUAR — Guru wanita warga Vietnam dihadapkan ke Mahkamah Majistret hari ini atas dua pertuduhan melacur serta tinggal lebih masa.

Tertuduh, Doan Thi Mong Trinh, 29, bagaimanapun mengaku tidak bersalah dan mohon dibicarakan selepas kedua-dua pertuduhan dikemukakan oleh jurubahasa di hadapan Majistret Fatin Dalillah Khalid.

Mengikut pertuduhan pertama, dia didakwa mencari langganan bagi maksud persundalan di sebuah rumah kedai di Jalan Indah, Taman Indah, di sini, 3.15 petang, 1 Oktober lalu.

Oleh itu, tertuduh didakwa mengikut Seksyen 372B Kanun Keseksaan yang memperuntukkan penjara sehingga setahun atau denda atau kedua-duanya, jika sabit kesalahan.

Bagi pertuduhan kedua, tertuduh didakwa tinggal lebih masa di negara ini selepas pas lawatan sosial tamat tempoh pada 9 Ogos lalu dengan kejadian ini juga berlaku pada waktu, tarikh dan tempat sama.

Tertuduh didapati melanggar peruntukan mengikut Seksyen 15 (1) (c) Akta Imigresen 1959/63 dan boleh dihukum mengikut Seksyen 15 (4) akta sama, iaitu penjara sehingga lima tahun atau denda RM10,000, atau kedua-duanya.

Pendakwaan dikendalikan Timbalan Pendakwa Raya, Mohammad Arif Marzuki sementara tertuduh tidak diwakili peguam.

Susulan pengakuan tidak bersalah yang dibuat tertuduh, mahkamah menetapkan 25 November in untuk sebutan semula kes, serahan dokumen dan lantikan peguam.

Mahkamah juga membenarkan tertuduh diikat jamin sebanyak RM12,000 bagi kedua-dua pertuduhan.

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LAHAD DATU — Seorang kanak-kanak lelaki yang hilang ketika mandi di Pantai Sinakut, FELDA Sahabat 16, dekat sini, semalam, ditemui pagi tadi, dalam keadaan tidak sempurna disyaki dibaham buaya.

Mayat mangsa berusia sembilan tahun itu ditemui di kawasan pantai tidak jauh dari lokasi dia dilaporkan hilang.

Pegawai Jabatan Hidupan Liar (JHL) Lahad Datu, Silvester Saimin yang dihubungi berkata mayat kanak-kanak itu ditemui jam 7.45 pagi.

“Mangsa dilaporkan mandi bersama lima lagi rakannya, sebelum tiba-tiba dipercayai dibaham buaya dan diheret ke laut sebelum ia dihanyutkan ke persisir pantai,” katanya ketika dihubungi.

Silvester berkata mengikut laporan awal diterima pihaknya, sebelum kejadian, mangsa bersama keluarganya datang bercuti di kampung berkenaan.

Katanya, jabatannya masih menjalankan siasatan lanjut kes itu manakala mayat kanak-kanak berkenaan sudah dihantar ke Hospital Lahad Datu untuk tindakan lanjut.

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MUAR — Dua penunggang motosikal maut dengan seorang daripada mereka dirempuh kenderaan lain ketika terbaring atas jalan dalam dua kejadian berasingan di Lebuhraya Utara Selatan, di sini, semalam.

Kejadian pertama membabitkan penunggang motosikal berusia 20 tahun yang maut selepas terbabit dalam kemalangan dengan tiga kenderaan di Kilometer 139.5, arah utara.

Ketua Polis Daerah Muar, Asisten Komisioner Raiz Mukhliz Azman Aziz, berkata kemalangan berlaku ketika mangsa menunggang motosikal dari Johor Bahru ke ibu kota.

Di tempat kejadian, motosikal ditunggangnya merempuh lori yang berhenti di bahu lebuh raya kerana rosak.

“Akibat rempuhan itu, mangsa terpelanting ke tengah jalan tapi malangnya, datang sebuah motosikal dari arah belakang lalu merempuhnya.

“Rempuhan itu mengakibatkan mangsa parah dan meninggal dunia di lokasi manakala seorang lagi penunggang dihantar ke Hospital Pakar Sultanah Fatimah di sini untuk rawatan,” katanya dalam kenyataan.

Dalam satu lagi kemalangan pada jam 8 malam tadi di Kilometer 129.7 lebuh raya sama, Raiz Mukhliz berkata, lelaki berusia 22 tahun maut selepas motosikalnya terbabas dan memasuki longkang.

“Siasatan awal mendapati, mangsa dipercayai hilang kawalan sebelum terbabas dan cedera parah serta disahkan meninggal dunia di tempat kejadian,” katanya.

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JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday urged the United Nations to withdraw its UNIFIL peacekeeping force from southern Lebanon.

“Mr. Secretary-General, get the UNIFIL forces out of harm’s way,” Netanyahu said in a public video statement, addressing UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

“It should be done right now, immediately,” Netanyahu added.

Netanyahu claimed that the presence of UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) forces in southern Lebanon makes them “hostages of Hezbollah,” the Lebanese armed group and political party with which Israel has been engaged in conflict since last October.

The prime minister expressed regret over the incident last week in which Israeli forces injured two UNIFIL soldiers in southern Lebanon. “We are doing everything possible to prevent this harm,” he said.

On Friday, UNIFIL condemned the attack on peacekeepers as “a grave violation of international humanitarian law and Security Council Resolution 1701,” stating that such incidents place UN peacekeepers in “extremely grave danger.”

Since early October, the Israeli military has conducted targeted ground operations against Hezbollah positions near the Lebanese border, while intensifying airstrikes and artillery bombardments across Lebanon, particularly in the southern suburbs of Beirut, a Hezbollah stronghold.

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JINAN — Seven people died, and four others were injured during a gas poisoning accident at a biotech company in east China’s Shandong Province on Saturday afternoon, said local authorities on Sunday.

The accident occurred around 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Weifang Jinshi biotech company, said the emergency management bureau of Shouguang City.

The injured people are currently in stable conditions, the bureau said, adding that investigation work is underway to find out the cause of the accident.

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GAZA — Israeli occupation forces committed four massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours, resulting in the killing of at least 52 Palestinians and the injury of 128 others, according to medical reports.

Local health authorities confirmed that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 7 has risen to 42,227 reported fatalities, with an additional 98,464 individuals sustaining injuries. The majority of the victims are women and children.

According to the same sources, emergency services are still unable to reach many casualties and dead bodies trapped under the rubble or scattered on roads across the war-torn enclave, as Israeli occupation forces continue to obstruct the movement of ambulance and civil defense crews.

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CAIRO — At least 20 people were injured in a train collision early Sunday in southern Egypt’s Minya province, with no fatalities so far, the Egyptian Health Ministry said.

The accident occurred when a locomotive collided with the rear of a train heading from the southern province of Aswan to the capital Cairo, separating two carriages of the train, Egypt’s railway authority said.

Transport Minister Kamel al-Wazir has ordered the formation of a committee to determine the technical causes of the collision.

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TANAH MERAH — Dua lelaki termasuk seorang anggota tentera maut dalam kemalangan membabitkan sebuah motosikal dengan lori di Jalan Gual Ipoh, dekat Kampung Batang Merbau di sini, semalam.

Dalam kemalangan pada jam 5.30 petang itu, penunggang, Muhammad Hafizul Abdullah Sani, 23, yang juga anggota tentera dan pembonceng, Muhammad Zulekhman Mokhtar, 22, maut di lokasi kejadian.

Ketua Polis Daerah Tanah Merah, Superintendan Mohd Haki Hasbullah, berkata kemalangan berlaku ketika kedua-dua mangsa menaiki motosikal jenis Yamaha 125ZR dari arah Batang Merbau menghala ke Gual Ipoh bertembung dengan sebuah lori di Kampung Tok Che Dol.

“Sebuah lori dipandu seorang lelaki berusia 38 tahun yang berada di hadapan mangsa membelok untuk masuk ke simpang kanan.

“Mangsa dikatakan cuba memotong lori itu dan terlanggar bahagian belakang sebelah kanan lori yang menyebabkan Muhammad Hafizul tercampak dan terperosok di bawah lori, manakala Muhammad Zulekhman tercampak ke dalam semak di tepi jalan,” katanya dalam kenyataan di sini, hari ini.

Beliau berkata, akibat kemalangan itu penunggang dan pembonceng motosikal yang cedera di bahagian kepala serta badan itu meninggal dunia di tempat kejadian.

Katanya, kedua-dua mangsa dibawa ke Hospital Tanah Merah untuk bedah siasat dan kes disiasat mengikut Seksyen 41(1) Akta Pengangkutan Jalan 1987.

“Pihak polis memohon kerjasama mana-mana pihak yang melihat kejadian untuk tampil membantu siasatan,” katanya.

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SHAH ALAM — Enam suspek termasuk dua wanita ditahan polis kerana disyaki menculik kanak-kanak perempuan, Madrafataha Indal Bangsawan, 12, yang dilaporkan hilang dari sebuah flat dekat Bandar Bukit Tinggi 1, Klang pada 8 Oktober lalu.

Ketua Polis Daerah Klang Selatan, Asisten Komisioner Cha Hoong Fong, berkata tangkapan semua suspek mereka dibuat selepas Madrafataha ditemui selamat jam 2.30 petang kelmarin.

Dalam usaha menjejaki kehilangan kanak-kanak itu, siasatan terhadap rakaman kamera litar tertutup (CCTV) di premis berdekatan flat berkenaan mendapati mangsa mulanya berjalan sebelum menaiki sebuah Perodua Myvi dipercayai diculik.

Susulan bukti diperoleh, polis kemudian mengklasifikasikan semula kes berkenaan mengikut Seksyen 363 Kanun Keseksaan iaitu kesalahan menculik mana-mana orang atau dari penjagaan yang sah di sisi undang-undang.

“Bertindak atas maklumat, pada jam 5 petang semalam (kelmarin), enam individu warga tempatan termasuk dua wanita ditahan di Segambut Dalam; Setia Alam dan Pandamaran oleh sepasukan polis Cawangan D8, Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah Ibu Pejabat Polis Kontinjen (IPK) Selangor dan Bahagian Siasatan Jenayah IPD Klang Selatan.

“Semakan rekod terhadap semua suspek berusia 13 hingga 23 tahun itu mendapati seorang daripada mereka mempunyai rekod jenayah lampau,” katanya dalam kenyataan.

Siasatan awal juga mendapati kanak-kanak tersebut mengenali seorang daripada suspek dan siasatan lanjut masih dijalankan.

Polis turut merampas kereta Perodua Myvi yang dipercayai digunakan sebagai kejadian.

“Orang ramai yang mempunyai maklumat berkaitan diminta untuk menyalurkan terus kepada IPD Klang Selatan di talian 03-33762222 atau mana-mana balai polis berhampiran,” katanya.

Media pada Rabu lalu melaporkan Madrafataha dilaporkan hilang selepas turun mengambil makanan dari kereta yang diparkir di bawah kediamannya di flat dekat Bandar Bukit Tinggi 1, Klang.

Hoong Fong berkata, siasatan awal mendapati kanak-kanak perempuan itu ke tempat parkir selepas disuruh ibunya untuk mengambil makanan dalam kereta sekitar jam 2.20 petang pada 8 Oktober lalu.

“Kanak-kanak tersebut turun sendirian dan tidak kembali ke rumah. Pada jam 3 petang, ibu mangsa mencari kanak-kanak itu tetapi tidak menemuinya sebelum membuat laporan polis,” katanya.

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RIO DE JANEIRO — Six people have been confirmed dead after a firefighting helicopter crashed in the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, local authorities said Saturday.

The helicopter, which had been missing since Friday afternoon, was found early Saturday morning near the town of Ouro Preto, according to fire department spokesperson Lieutenant Henrique Barcellos.

On board were four firefighters, a nurse and a doctor. The crew had been dispatched on Friday to assist in the search for a small plane that had crashed near Ouro Preto, local media reported.

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PESHAWAR — Tribal clashes killed at least 11 people in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday and injured eight, including women and children, a local official said.

Tensions rose in Kurram district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, after two people were critically injured in a shooting incident between rival tribes. It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the shooting.

Vehicles were targeted in different areas of the district, leading to more casualties, said senior official Javedullah Khan.

Khan said efforts were being made to secure travel routes and restore normalcy. The injured were taken to a hospital.

Pir Haider Ali Shah, a former parliamentarian and member of a tribal council, said elders had arrived in Kurram to mediate a peace agreement between the tribes.

“The recent firing incidents are regrettable and have hampered efforts for lasting peace,” he said.

Last month, at least 25 people were killed in days of clashes between armed Shiites and Sunni Muslims over a land dispute.

Although both live together largely peacefully in the country, tensions have existed for decades between them in some areas, especially in Kurram, where Shiites dominate in parts of the district.

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LJUBLJANA — Slovenia’s Foreign Ministry condemned Israel’s recent attacks on the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), which injured four personnel, and called for an immediate ceasefire.

“Slovenia condemns the IDF’s firing at the UNIFIL HQ peacekeeping personnel. These actions represent a serious breach of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701 and international humanitarian law,” the ministry said on social media platform X, emphasizing the need for peacekeepers’ protection under international law.

Slovenia, along with other non-permanent UN Security Council members, expressed deep concern over the attacks on UNIFIL positions on Oct. 10 and 11. They urged respect for humanitarian law and peacekeeper safety, stressing that deliberate assaults on peacekeepers constitute a serious violation.

The group also called for an immediate ceasefire amid escalating civilian casualties and displacement in Lebanon.

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BEIRUT — Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said Saturday that his country will always support Lebanon with “all its strength.”

“Iran will always support with all its strength the decisions taken by the Lebanese government, people, and the Islamic Resistance,” he said at a press conference following his meeting in Beirut with his Lebanese counterpart Nabih Berri.

He added that Iran is ready to offer support for Lebanese displaced and war-affected people under the supervision of the government and to launch a humanitarian air bridge to facilitate this support.

Qalibaf also expressed condolences over the death of Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah.

The Iranian parliament chief arrived in Lebanon earlier in the day to convey a message of support to the country.

After his arrival, Qalibaf visited al-Noueiri, a densely populated area of central Beirut, which was hit by heavy Israeli airstrikes on Thursday, with at least 22 people killed and 117 others injured.

He also met with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, stressing that the Lebanese government’s priorities at this stage are to work on a ceasefire, stop the Israeli aggression, and preserve the security of Lebanon and the safety of its people.

He also emphasized “Lebanon’s commitment to implementing the UN Security Council Resolution 1701,” calling on Lebanon to strengthen the army’s presence in the south and to make the necessary contacts with concerned countries and the United Nations to pressure Israel to implement the resolution fully.

Since Sept. 23, the Israeli army has been launching intensive airstrikes on Lebanon, particularly in Beirut and its suburbs, in a dangerous escalation with Hezbollah.

The conflict between Israel and Hezbollah erupted one year ago when Hezbollah fired a barrage of rockets at Israel in support of Hamas at the start of the Gaza war.

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MANILA — A sedan car collided with a trailer truck in Cebu province in central Philippines before dawn on Saturday, killing three and critically injuring another, police said.

Police said the 20-year-old male driver of the car and his two male passengers, aged 18 and 22, were killed in the accident that happened at around 3:20 a.m. local time in Pinamungajan town.

The severely injured passenger, an 18-year-old male, was fighting for his life in a local hospital.

Police said the car was traveling south from Toledo City when it swerved to the opposite lane and crashed with an oncoming truck. Police alleged that the car’s driver and his three passengers, all students, were under the influence of alcohol.

The truck driver and his co-worker did not sustain injuries.

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MANAGUA — Nicaragua announced on Friday the decision to sever diplomatic relations with Israel in response to what the Nicaraguan government called “the brutal genocide” that Israel wages against the Palestinian people.

The move responds to a request by the Central American country’s parliament, the National Assembly, which approved a declaration of condemnation during a special session held on the first anniversary of the Gaza conflict.

The parliament condemned “the continued genocide, cruelty, extreme hatred and extermination carried out by the government of Israel,” the Nicaraguan government said in a statement.

The decision is “in permanent solidarity” with the people and government of Palestine, and adheres to international law and the conventions that govern interstate and inter-governmental relations, it said.

The government headed by President Daniel Ortega also reiterated “the demand for compliance with all United Nations Resolutions” for a “free, sovereign, independent and self-determined” state of Palestine.

The statement also expressed “warm and consistent affection” for Israeli families, who “live through difficult times as a result of the excessive brutality and hatred of the government of Israel.”

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KUALA LUMPUR — Seorang pegawai kanan polis berpangkat Asisten Superintendan (ASP) dan enam anggota polis ditahan semalam, selepas disyaki terbabit dalam pemerasan dan cabul, 1 Oktober lalu.

Ketua Polis Kuala Lumpur, Datuk Rusdi Mohd Isa, berkata mereka yang berusia antara 30-an hingga 50-an itu bertugas di Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah Narkotik (JSJN), Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah Cheras.

Katanya, mereka ditahan susulan laporan polis yang diterima daripada seorang wanita berusia 22 tahun pada 7 Oktober lalu, mendakwa menjadi mangsa pemerasan dan cabul oleh sekumpulan anggota polis.

“Sebelum ini, kita menahan tiga lelaki tempatan berusia antara 30-an hingga 50-an dan direman tiga hari bagi membantu siasatan sebelum dibebaskan dengan jaminan.

“Siasatan lanjut membawa kepada penangkapan tujuh orang iaitu seorang pegawai kanan dan enam anggota polis berumur antara 30-an hingga 50-an yang semuanya bertugas di JSJN IPD Cheras ,” katanya.

Beliau ditemui selepas program larian sempena Hari Sukan Negara 2024 di Ibu Pejabat Polis Kontinjen (IPK) Kuala Lumpur di sini, hari ini.

Rusdi menafikan tiada tindakan diambil berkaitan kejadian itu.

“Semua perlu faham tindakan memerlukan semakan dan siasatan teliti.

“Siasatan perlu teliti mengapa pengadu lewat membuat laporan. Kita perlu melihat rakaman kamera litar tertutup (CCTV) semasa kejadian dan siasatan transaksi pembayaran (pemerasan) dibuat. Perlu dilakukan mengikut asas,” katanya.

Oleh kerana pembayaran pemerasan dibuat melalui pemindahan wang secara dalam talian, beliau berkata, siasatan akan mengambil masa.

“Mereka direman tiga hari bermula hari ini bagi membantu siasatan mengikut Seksyen 354 Kanun Keseksaan dan Seksyen 384 Kanun Keseksaan.

“Kita tidak akan berkompromi dengan mana-mana anggota dan pegawai Kontinjen Kuala Lumpur yang terbabit dengan kes jenayah,” katanya

Terdahulu, tular hantaran di aplikasi Telegram mengenai seorang wanita mendakwa menjadi mangsa pemerasan dan cabul sekumpulan individu dalam serbuan di unit sebuah kondominium di Cheras.

Wanita itu didakwa diugut sekumpulan anggota polis yang meminta wang RM150,000 sebelum dikurangkan kepada RM90,000 selepas menemui dadah dalam pemilikannya.

Wanita itu bagaimanapun dibebaskan selepas dibantu seorang lelaki tempatan membuat pembayaran RM10,000 dan didakwa perlu membuat bayaran semula secara berkala dengan kadar faedah.

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KUALA LUMPUR — Seorang maut manakala dua lagi berjaya diselamatkan selepas kediaman mereka di sebuah apartmen di Sunway Damansara, Petaling Jaya dekat sini, terbakar pagi tadi.

Kebakaran membabitkan sebuah unit kediaman di tingkat 14 apartmen dengan laporan kebakaran diterima pihak bomba pada jam 8.30 pagi tadi.

Penolong Pengarah Operasi Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat Malaysia (JBPM) Selangor, Ahmad Mukhlis Mokhtar, berkata mangsa seorang wanita tempatan berusia 31 tahun disahkan meninggal dunia di tempat lejadian.

Katanya, dua lagi penghuni, masing-masing seorang lelaki tempatan berusia 29 tahun dan seorang wanita tempatan berusia 24 tahun berjaya diselamatkan sepasukan anggota bomba dari Balai Bomba dan Penyelamat (BBP) Damansara yang ke lokasi.

“Mangsa yang meninggal dunia ditemui di dalam bilik air di kediaman dan disahkan meninggal dunia oleh pegawai perubatan Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia (KKM).

“Hasil siasatan awal di tempat kejadian, kita mendapati ada berlaku kebakaran pada kotak suiz di kediaman berkenaan,” katanya dalam kenyataan, hari ini.

Katanya, mayat mangsa yang meninggal dunia diserahkan kepada pihak polis untuk tindakan lanjut dan siasatan lanjut berhubung punca sebenar kebakaran sedang dijalankan.

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Gunmen opened fire on a car carrying a local security official in Russia’s Ingushetia region in the North Caucasus, killing three people, including a police officer, TASS news agency reported early on Saturday, quoting investigators.

TASS quoted a local branch of Russia’s Investigative Committee as saying a car assigned to the deputy head of Ingushetia’s Centre for Countering Extremism had come under fire on Friday evening.

The local branch said a criminal investigation had been opened into the incident and those behind the attack were being sought.

The TASS report said the gunmen had fled the scene and headed off towards the neighbouring region of North Ossetia.

Ingushetia is adjacent to Chechnya in the heart of the often volatile North Caucasus region.

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