Kuala Lumpur - A Malaysian woman allegedly slashed her husband to death after he abused her over 300 ringgit (87 dollars), reports said Monday.
The 44-year-old wife from the eastern Sabah state was preparing dinner Thursday evening when she was punched for refusing to give the money to her 44-year-old husband.
The suspect, believed to be a victim of constant domestic violence, grabbed a kitchen knife and slashed the man to death in the living room, the Star daily reported.
Kuala Lumpur - A total of nine people were killed and 19 injured when a bus went out of control and overturned along a major highway in Malaysia's southern state of Johor early Sunday.
Kuala Lumpur - Four people have been killed and eight others are missing in a pre-dawn landslide Saturday that buried 14 bungalows in a Malaysian residential area, police said.
Rescue and search operations involving 160 people have been on- going since the landslide occurred at the up-market residential area in the central Selangor state, said state police chief Khalid Abu Bakar.
A total of 93 people escaped unscathed in the incident, while 15 others suffered injuries, Khalid was quoted as saying by the Star online news portal.
Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian airport police have detained a woman for suspected drug trafficking after she was caught carrying 10 towels soaked in liquid cocaine, news reports said Saturday.
Police declined to name the woman's nationality, but said the foreigner had arrived at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport from Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Thursday and was headed to Thailand.
Airport officials said the 36-year-old suspect was behaving suspiciously and was made to open her two suitcases.
"When a police team asked her to open them, seven wet towels were found in the first bag and three more in the second.
Kuala Lumpur - Ten pirates wielding machetes and knives robbed a coal barge in waters off Kuantan on Malaysia's east coast, a news report said Friday.
The ship, which was travelling from Singapore to Thailand, was intercepted and boarded late Monday by the pirates, who travelled in two speedboats, district police chief Johari Jahaya said.
The pirates stole cash and mobile phones from the crew - who were mostly Indonesians - before vanishing without injuring anyone, Johari told the official Bernama news agency.
Crew members lodged a police report on the incident on Wednesday.
Kuala Lumpur - A Malaysian woman allegedly slashed her husband to death after he abused her over 300 ringgit (87 dollars), reports said Monday.
Kuala Lumpur - Four people have been killed and eight others are missing in a pre-dawn landslide Saturday that buried 14 bungalows in a Malaysian residential area, police said.
Kuala Lumpur - Ten pirates wielding machetes and knives robbed a coal barge in waters off Kuantan on Malaysia's east coast, a news report said Friday.
