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A religious school educator in Butterworth has been charged with eight counts of sexual assault and outraging the modesty of male pupils, appearing before the Sessions Court to face these serious allegations.
Seven people, six of whom are siblings, appeared in Ipoh Magistrate's Court on heroin trafficking charges involving 118.87 grammes of the drug allegedly distributed last week.
Police have bust a sprawling fraud operation centred in Forest City, Johor, detaining 335 suspects who ran fake cryptocurrency investment and romance scam schemes from concealed urban bases targeting overseas victims.
Twelve police officers face disciplinary action over allegations of extorting RM2 million. The internal probe runs alongside a Criminal Investigation Department investigation into the matter.
Police detained 14 people including a television actress during a raid on an unlicensed entertainment venue in Kuala Lumpur. The actress tested positive for multiple drugs during the operation.
A businessman has become the 12th person charged in connection with Geng RT6, an organised criminal group. The charges mark an escalation in authorities' crackdown on the syndicate.
A Penang court has rejected police attempts to extend remand for three foreign detainees in a World Cup betting investigation. The men remain in custody under immigration statutes rather than criminal charges.