KLANG, Sept 25 — The High Court has rejected an application for a second psychiatric evaluation by a man accused of murdering his mother in Pasir Penambang, Kuala Selangor, two years ago.

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 24 — The Court of Appeal has ordered a man to defend himself on the charge of killing his biological father by hitting him with a stick and slashing him with a meat cleaver five years ago.

KANGAR, Sept 23 — A contractor was charged in the Magistrate’s Court here today with the murder of former Moto3 and Cub Prix national racer Elly Idzlianizar Ilias two weeks ago.

SINGAPORE, Sept 19 — A recent survey commissioned by Singapore’s Home Affairs Ministry (MHA) indicates growing support among residents for the death penalty in cases involving “the most serious crimes” like murder and trafficking a significant amount of drugs.

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 17 — Two general workers escaped the gallows when the Federal Court commuted their death sentence today, which was reduced to 30 years in prison and 12 lashes of the rotan for killing a farm worker in an oil palm plantation seven years ago.

SHAH ALAM, Sept 17 — A security guard is believed to have been murdered after his body was discovered in the boot of a car along Jalan Pasir, Taman Pertama in Sabak Bernam yesterday.

ALOR GAJAH, Sept 13 — A babysitter at a childcare centre has been charged with murder over the death of an eight-month-old baby boy.

MUAR, Sept 12 — An unemployed man charged with murdering his elderly parents and a niece and then setting fire to their house was sentenced to nine years in prison today by the Sessions Court for causing grievous hurt to another niece.

ALOR SETAR, Sept 11 — The mandatory death penalty imposed on a Pakistani man after he was found guilty of murdering a doctor 13 years ago was commuted to 36 years in prison and 12 strokes of the cane by the Federal Court today.

MELAKA, Sept 6 — Four individuals were sentenced to 20 months in prison by the Ayer Keroh Magistrate's Court today for disposing of the bodies of two suspected murder victims in July last year.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 6 — An unemployed man pleaded guilty in the High Court today to a charge of murdering his parents, whose bodies were found in a pool of blood in their home at the end of last year.

NAIROBI — Ugandan Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei died today, several days after she was doused in petrol and set on fire by her boyfriend in Kenya, in the latest attack on female athletes in the country.

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 4 — The Federal Court has scheduled Sept 27 for the next case management session in the appeal of six individuals convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of deputy public prosecutor Datuk Anthony Kevin Morais nine years ago.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 — The family of the late Mongolian model, Altantuya Shaariibuu, has filed a bankruptcy notice against Abdul Razak Baginda after the political analyst failed to pay over RM9.24 million in damages, including interest, to the family, as ordered by the High Court in 2022.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 29 — The Federal Court has reinstated the death penalty imposed by the High Court on a former police corporal for murdering his two-year-old stepdaughter Hanis Amanda Mohd Zafil nine years ago.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 21 — The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) is reviewing investigation papers on the Teoh Beng Hock case while seeking advice from the Attorney-General’s Chambers, said Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department director Datuk Seri Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 21 — The Federal Court has upheld the death penalty of a former tow truck driver convicted of murdering AmBank founder Hussain Ahmad Najadi eleven years ago.

IPOH, Aug 19 — A young Orang Asli girl reported missing on Friday was found dead in a swampy area in the Orang Asli settlement of Kampung Bersah, Pos Kuala Mu in Sungai Siput on Saturday.

KOLKATA, Aug 18 — Some Indian junior doctors remained off the job today, demanding swift justice for a colleague who was raped and murdered, despite the end of a 24-hour strike called by the country’s biggest association of doctors.

KOLKATA/BHUBANESWAR, Aug 17 — Hospitals and clinics across India turned away patients except for emergency cases today as medical professionals staged a 24-hour shutdown in protest over the rape and murder of a doctor this month in the eastern city of Kolkata.