KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 ― The family of 21 year-old Surendren Shanker has alleged foul play after the latter died in Kluang Hospital yesterday, while being held at the Simpang Renggam prison. Free Malaysia Today reported a police report lodged by a Prison Department official citing a doctor at.
May 28, 2021
KLUANG (BERNAMA) – An unemployed man was sentenced to 18-years jail and six strokes of the cane by the Sessions Court yesterday after he pleaded guilty to raping his seven-
year-old niece.
Judge Mujib Saroji ordered the man to serve the jail sentence from the date of his arrest, which was last May 15.
He was charged with raping the girl in the back room of a house in Simpang Renggam at 3.30pm last May 14.
In mitigation, the accused, who was unrepresented, apologised for his action.
Revisiting nation s first Covid-19 hotspot - Simpang Renggam
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“Team, are you okay?” hollered Dr Hanihaselah Mohd Saleh each time she wanted to do a “spot check” on her overworked staff’s enthusiasm levels.
Her concern was understandable as they had been slogging non-stop carrying out swab tests on hundreds of people at a makeshift Covid-19 testing centre at SK Dato Ibrahim Majid in Simpang Renggam, Kluang Johor.
It was a daunting task for the Ministry of Health’s (MOH) healthcare team on duty there in March last year as they were experiencing a number of firsts.
It was then still the early days of an unprecedented global pandemic caused by a coronavirus that scientists all over the world were scrambling to decode and in Malaysia, Simpang Renggam was the first to be placed under an enhanced movement control order (MCO) on March 27, 2020, following the enforcement of the nationwide MCO on March 18 to curb the spread of Covid-19.
Home-made delicacy: Muhamad and Hattyca making mini ketupat at their home in Simpang Renggam, Johor.
SIMPANG RENGGAM: Muhamad Safar does not have to wait for Ramadan or the coming Hari Raya Aidilfitri for his ketupat business to pick up.
The instant mini ketupat made by the 27-year-old, who was born without hands, has been very popular all year round, with Muhamad relying on agents and postal services to deliver the delicacy to his customers.
He has been earning a good income through his business, aided by his sister Nor Azlia, 36, and their mother Hattyca Karmon, 58, since 2016.
Nor Azlia said the idea for her brother to venture into the food industry came after their mother told her to find a job for Muhamad that could suit his physical condition.