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3 dead from carbon monoxide poisoning in Penang

Sep 18, 2020

A third woman has died of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning, after four friends fell asleep in their car at a parking lot of a petrol station in Butterworth, Penang.

The other woman is in critical condition in hospital.

Police say a technician found that there could have been a leakage in the vehicle's exhaust system.

Malaysia has agreed to extradite two men wanted by US authorities for hacking operations worldwide.

Bukit Aman says the Attorney-General’s Chambers has agreed to the authorities’ request in line with the Extradition Act and a bilateral extradition treaty between the two countries.

The two men, wanted for money-laundering and computer crimes in the US, have been remanded for 60 days at the Sungai Buloh Prison.

Datuk Khairuddin Aman Razali has been warded in hospital amid an ongoing police investigation against him for flouting Covid-19 quarantine rules.

The Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister posted on Facebook that he is in the hospital to have a minor procedure performed.