FALLING water levels at a Penampang reservoir were to blame for the dry taps in a Penampang village while damage to Water Department installations caused similar problems in one part of the City recently
Parti KDM President Datuk Peter Anthony was freed from five counts of money-laundering involving RM8.75 million and abetting a lawyer in committing Criminal Breach of Trust, Tuesday
BUTTERWORTH: The trial of a mother and daughter jointly charged with trafficking their Cambodian domestic helper for the purpose of exploitation through forced labour has been postponed to May.
Sessions Court Judge Noor Aini Yusof set May 19 for case management and ordered that bail for Teoh Beng Sim, 57, and Teh Hooi Fung, 36, be extended during their case mention on Monday (April 19).
On March 19, Teoh and Teh pleaded not guilty to trafficking the 27-year-old victim for the purpose of exploitation by use of force at a house in Jalan Perpaduan, Kampung Baru, in Bukit Mertajam, at about 10.45pm on Feb 24.
They were jointly charged under Section 13 of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants (Atipsom) Act 2007, read together with Section 34 of the Penal Code.
Couple arrested over alleged abuse of maid 25 Feb 2021 / 11:04 H.
BUKIT MERTAJAM, Feb 25: The police have arrested a married couple on suspicion of having abused their Myanmar domestic maid at a house at Jalan Perpaduan, Kampung Baru here last night.
Seberang Perai Tengah Police chief ACP Shafee Abd Samad said the couple, who are in their 50s and 60s, were held following tip-offs from the public.
“The police went to the house at 9.30 pm before rescuing the victim who was found in one of the rooms in the house in a weak condition.
“Preliminary examination of the victim revealed several injuries on her face, burn marks on arm, stitches and scratches on her body and legs,“ he said in a statement today.
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POLICE arrested a married couple on suspicion of having abused their Myanmar domestic maid at a house at Jalan Perpaduan, Kg Baru in Bukit Mertajam last night.
Central Seberang Perai police chief Shafee Abd Samad said the couple, in their 50s and 60s, were held following tip-offs from the public.
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