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JOHOR BARU: Police have arrested a jobless man who is suspected of setting a house on fire on Friday (April 30) at around 12.15am.
Johor Baru South OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Padzil Mohd Zain said the 65-year old man was also the tenant of the single-storey house in Jalan Maju 3, Taman Pelangi, near here.
“We received a distress call from a woman informing us of the fire and asking for assistance from firefighters and the police, he said on Friday.
ACP Padzil said police are looking for witnesses to assist with the investigation.
He said the case is being investigated under Section 436 of the Penal Code/25 (1) (n) National Registration Rules 1990 for causing mischief by fire with intent to destroy.
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Out of ten new Covid-19 clusters that were detected by the Health Ministry yesterday, five of them came from workplace-related clusters.
Currently, there are 1,421 active clusters nationwide.
The five workplace clusters are:
Integrasi Rawang Tiga (Selangor)
Jalan Maju cluster (Sarawak)
Jalan Mega Industri cluster (Johor)
It was reported by NST that the Integrasi Rawang Tiga cluster was identified following a targeted screening exercise for workers in a factory and the Ministry has recorded 13 positive cases out of the 18 individuals screened.
The Jalan Badli Shah cluster in Shah Alam reported 21 cases, and involves the staff from a public service centre.