KUCHING, March 18 — Sarawak Minister of Women, Childhood and Community Wellbeing Development Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah today urged the federal government to accord automatic Malaysian citizenship to abandoned children under the proposed amendments to the Federal Constitution. She said in most cases, it is difficult to find out who their biological parents are as … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9 — Police apprehended a total of 229 men and 34 women during the Op Noda operation at a disused and abandoned hotel in Jalan Pasar Baharu, Pudu, here last night. Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Allaudeen Abdul Majid said the detainees were in their 20s to 40s and comprised Chinese, Nepalese, … Read more
BATU PAHAT, Jan 23 — The human skeleton found in an abandoned house in Lorong Imam Jailani, Kampung Batu 7, Tongkang Pechah here last Friday has been confirmed to be that of missing single mother Mira Sharmila Samsusah, 32, also known as Bella. Batu Pahat district police chief ACP Ismail Dollah said this was confirmed … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 6 — The High Court in Shah Alam declared a 10-year-old stateless girl, whose biological parents are unknown and is now the adopted child of a couple in Kuala Lumpur, as a Malaysian yesterday. The High Court ordered the authorities to give the girl a new birth certificate recognising her as a … Read more
TRONG, Nov 25 — The Social Welfare Department (JKM) is tracking down the parents of four siblings who were abandoned in front of a guardhouse at the Perak Tengah District Administration Complex, Seri Iskandar, yesterday. Perak JKM director Nor Tipah Majin said the department was investigating the case and efforts were being made to find … Read more
GUA MUSANG, Nov 19 — A nine-month-old baby was huddled among a crowd of more than 70 Orang Asli villagers who ran for their lives, helter-skelter, when a wild elephant invaded Kampung Kelaik, Pos Blau, on Thursday. One of the Temiar tribe inhabitants, Uda Busu, 42, said the adult elephant appeared for the first time … Read more
A Spanish Cup game between city rivals Sevilla and Real Betis was abandoned on Saturday after Sevilla player Joan Jordan was struck in the head by an object thrown from the stands. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
GILI TRAWANGAN, Indonesia: Chef Ilhani used to serve up Japanese cuisine to holidaymakers every night, now he makes just US$3 a day selling fried snacks on the near empty streets of once bustling Gili Trawangan. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
WASHINGTON: A mother accused of abandoning her four sons has been arrested in Texas along with her partner suspected of murdering one of the boys, a local sheriff said Tuesday. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
HOUSTON: Three children were found “abandoned” in an apartment in the US city of Houston along with a body believed to be their dead brother, which had been in the unit with them for a year, police said Monday. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
