PUTRAJAYA, Aug 14 — A woman and her younger brother escaped the death penalty after the Court of Appeal commuted the death sentence imposed on them to 33 years in prison each for the murder of her blind husband four years ago.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 14 — Commercial crime cases including online scams and fraud recorded losses of over RM1.5 billion between Jan 1 and Aug 11 this year, an increase of 31 per cent from the same period last year.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 12 — The Court of Appeal today directed two teenagers to enter their defence on the initial murder charge they faced for the killing of seven-year-old Mohammad Aimin Nurul Amin at a tahfiz centre nearly five years ago.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 — Four men have been arrested on suspicion of being involved in a fight and riot that led to a shooting at an entertainment centre in Pudu early yesterday morning.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 10 — Policemen on an anti-crime operation opened fire at two cars carrying four men who tried to ram their vehicle along Jalan Pekan Batu 11 in Balakong, near here, today.

IPOH, Aug 10 — Police have seized a drone believed to have been used to smuggle drugs into Tapah Prison, about 62 kilometres from here.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 9 — The Court of Appeal has upheld the 18-year prison sentence imposed on a former civil servant for beating his infant daughter and causing her death six years ago.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 9 — A former food delivery rider was fined RM1,300, in default of two months in jail, by the Magistrate's Court today for voluntarily causing hurt to a Nepalese security guard at a condominium last month.

KUANTAN, Aug 9 — Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia vice-president Datuk Yap Kim Heng pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court today to six counts of criminal breach of trust (CBT) involving RM15,950 in stall rentals.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 9 — An oil refinery company's former technician, who already faces 13 charges of failing to report RM12,900 in bribe transactions was charged with a similar offence today.

JOHOR BAHRU, Aug 8 — The Johor police smashed a drug syndicate after arresting two men and seizing drugs worth RM3.44 million in raids on four locations around the city and Tangkak from Saturday (August 3) until yesterday.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 8 — The Federal Court has reserved its decision on whether judges can order concurrent instead of consecutive caning sentences for offenders convicted of multiple offences.

JOHOR BAHRU, Aug 8 — An unemployed man faced 15 charges related to the kidnapping of six-year-old Albertine Leo Jia Hui, in two separate Sessions Courts and the Kulai Magistrate's Court today.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 7 — The Federal Court has commuted the death sentence of a former sawmill worker to 40 years in prison for killing and raping a nurse nine years ago.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 7 — The Federal Court has commuted the death sentence of a former security guard to 38 years in jail for the murder of Perak Veterinary Department deputy director Dr Rohani Kassim 13 years ago.

JOHOR BAHRU, Aug 6 — The police have arrested five people, including a mother and her son together with a couple, for suspected involvement in a drug trafficking syndicate following the seizure of various types of drugs worth RM1.85 million.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 6 — A 20-year-old student pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court today to committing physical sexual assault on a 10-month-old girl whom his mother was babysitting.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 5 — A former deliveryman convicted of raping a Year Six student failed in his appeal for a lighter sentence when the Court of Appeal upheld the 18-year imprisonment and 10 strokes of the cane imposed by the Sessions Court two years ago.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 3 — Police arrested 41 foreign nationals in raids conducted at three entertainment centres in Jalan Changkat Bukit Bintang and a premises in Sri Hartamas here, early this morning.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 1 — A married couple escaped the death penalty today after they pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of culpable homicide not amounting to the murder of their friend.