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BUTTERWORTH: Ten individuals have been arrested here for alleged involvement in an unlicensed public lottery and online gambling.
North Seberang Prai OCPD Asst Comm Noorzainy Mohd Noor said the suspects comprised six men and four women, aged between 17 and 51.
He said on Thursday (May 20) the suspects were rounded up in raids carried out over two days at nine premises in the Butterworth, Mak Mandin and Kepala Batas areas of north Seberang Prai.
“The raids were carried out from Tuesday (May 18) at approximately 8.30pm until Wednesday (May 19) at approximately 7pm.
“Acting on information given, a police team from the North Seberang Prai D7 division with the assistance and cooperation of the Butterworth police station chief and state police D7 division team conducted the raids.
Monday, 26 Apr 2021 11:28 AM MYT
BY SYLVIA LOOI
With a torchlight on his head, songkok maker Hamzah Irzal can complete one songkok in 30 minutes. Picture by Farhan Najib
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IPOH, April 26 Songkok maker Hamzah Irzal worries for the product’s future.
The 52-year-old said the younger generation does not display interest in learning the trade.
Hamzah said he had been asked to teach songkok-making by a skills institute at Seri Iskandar years ago but the course did not take off as there were simply no takers.
“I was willing to teach but nobody signed up to learn,” the father of five said.
Fine feathers: A police officer looking at some of the confiscated birds in Penang. ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star
BUTTERWORTH: When they commit a crime, they not only cart away jewellery and other valuables from the victims’ houses, but birds, too.
Seven birds of protected species worth about RM2,000 each were seized from two men during a police raid at a house in Kampung Baru Mak Mandin, Butterworth.
Police found two sun conures, a black-capped lory, two pigeons, an African gray parrot and a rainbow lorikeet kept in three cages at about 10.30am last Thursday.
They also seized items like chainsaws, drills, a compressor and various light industry machines from the men, aged 26 and 27, who were said to be involved in at least four house break-ins in Butterworth and Mak Mandin areas.