KUALA LUMPUR, March 22 — Umno Youth chief Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh today said the party will suspend a division leader from his movement accused of sexually assaulting a boy. Akmal, who is also the Merlimau assemblyman, said the matter will be discuss in a meeting before Hari Raya. “I have already brought this issue … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 — In a groundbreaking legal development, Malaysia will witness its inaugural stalking case as 37-year-old Mohamad Safiq Rosli faces a trial after his guilty plea was rejected by Magistrate Sasha Diana Sabu during his arraignment last year. Safiq, charged with stalking and sexually harassing local photographer Acacia Mardiana Daud for a … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 30 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) today said its ongoing investigation into former finance minister Tun Daim Zainuddin is based on the country’s anti-corruption and anti-money laundering laws, stressing that it is an independent body. The MACC referred to Daim’s recent statement on the MACC probe against him, noting that his … Read more
SEREMBAN, Dec 26 — Police will obtain more information from the Companies Commission of Malaysia (SSM) here today regarding the wedding planner accused of deceiving a family regarding a wedding reception package in Jempol, which has gone viral. Jempol District Police chief Supt Hoo Chang Hook said they have traced the bank account number and … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 26 — The police will request to extend the remand period of the three officers who allegedly stole RM85,000 from a business premises during a raid in Jalan Silang here, last Thursday, said Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay today. Ayob also echoed Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri … Read more
NEW YORK, Dec 7 — A fourth woman has publicly accused music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs of sexual assault, alleging he and others gang-raped her when she was 17, according to a lawsuit filed yesterday. The filing says Combs — an artist and producer also known as Puff Daddy — met the unnamed woman in … Read more
NEW YORK, Nov 24 — Sean “Diddy” Combs has been accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a university student in 1991 in a lawsuit filed in a New York court on Thursday, the second suit of its kind filed against the hip hop mogul in the past week. The complaint against Combs was among a … Read more
NEW YORK, Nov 23 — Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman in 1989, according to a court filing reported by US media and seen by AFP yesterday. Kennedy’s lawyers say in the complaint that “this action is timely pursuant to the NY Adult Survivors Act”, a New … Read more
NEW YORK, Nov 23 — US actor Jamie Foxx and Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose were each accused of sexual assault yesterday, part of a flurry of suits filed in New York before a statute of limitations deadline. In the filing against Rose, Sheila Kennedy, an actress and model, alleges that he “sexually assaulted … Read more
LONDON, Nov 4 — British actor-comedian Russell Brand was accused in a lawsuit filed yesterday of sexually assaulting a film extra on the New York City set of the 2011 romantic comedy Arthur, in which he starred as a boozing, philandering heir to a fortune. The suit follows a recent flurry of allegations reported in … Read more
