Student detained after bomb threat on Facebook

GEORGE TOWN- A 24-year-old university undergraduate was detained for questioning after threatening to bomb Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak's helicopter in a Facebook posting.

George Town OCPD Asst Comm Gan Kong Meng said the student was brought in to the district police headquarters on Patani Road for questioning at around 1.30pm on Sunday.

“Police are investigating the case under Section 506 of the Penal Code for criminal intimidation. He was earlier picked up at his campus in Nibong Tebal.

“The case is pending further investigations. We will announce if there is any development,” he said when contacted Sunday.

A police report had been lodged at the Jelutong police station against a blog posting which featured a screenshot of the student's Facebook profile.

In the latest status update on the Facebook profile, it was written najib is coming to our campus...let's bomb his helicopter...'.

Mother of five detained over investment scam

The police reveal that local women are being used by Nigerian syndicates, and while the paper trail lands the women in court, the foreigners walk free.

KUALA LUMPUR: Police have detained three local women, including a mother of five, and seven Nigerians in connection with an internet investment scam.

The housewife in her mid-40s was arrested after police checked her bank account and discovered that there were transactions amounting to more than RM400,000 for the first half of this year.

British lecturer detained over fatal pub brawl

KUALA LUMPUR: A father of three died at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital on Sunday morning hours after being assaulted by a British lecturer outside a pub in Pandan Indah.

Leong Chin Yap, 50, died of head injuries after being hit with a blunt object and punched several times on the side of his head.

A 53-year-old British national, lecturing at a local college, was remanded by police yesterday.

Selangor police chief Datuk Tun Hisan Tun Hamzah confirmed the incident but declined to elaborate as investigations were ongoing.

The attack occurred early on Sunday morning when a group of Thai women were having a birthday celebration at the pub.

Pub owner Shirley Leong Siew Lai, 46, said the women were ordering drinks and mingling with other guests, including the British national and his male friend who were sitting at a different table.

"As the night wore on, the women ordered more and more drinks and were getting quite drunk. Some of them went and sat with the British man and his friend," she told reporters last night at the Xiao En funeral parlour in Jalan Kuari.

"When given the bill later, the women refused to pay, saying that they did not order the drinks. I confronted them but was kicked in the shin," Shirley said.

"My brother Leong, who helps me out in the kitchen, came to my assistance. Both of us grabbed the girl to escort her out, so as not to disrupt operations in the pub."

However, it is understood that as Shirley and her brother were taking the girl outside, the British lecturer allegedly punched Leong several times on the side of the head without provocation.

He started bleeding from the nose and vomited blood. Shirley said they rushed her brother to a nearby private hospital but he was transferred to Kuala Lumpur Hospital.

Leong died without regaining consciousness and the initial autopsy report revealed that he died of severe head injury and a fractured skull. He is survived by a wife and three daughters, aged 22, 20, 18. Leong was the sole breadwinner.

A police report was lodged and the British national was arrested. It is learnt that he had been working in Malaysia for about six months.

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