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Bus driver in Penang accident tested positive for drugs

Nov 08, 2019

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Police have obtained a two-day remand order against a bus driver whose vehicle rammed several vehicles in Georgetown yesterday.

The driver tested positive for drugs and did not have a driving licence.

A 16-year-old food delivery rider was killed on the spot.

The bus, which was not carrying passengers at the time, also crashed into a car carrying a woman and her two kids, but they survived. 

Police open murder investigation over tahfiz school student's death

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The police have opened a murder investigation, after a 7-year-old student of a tahfiz school in Temerloh, Pahang died. 

The student was brought to a clinic in a weak condition by a female warden, but he died while being treated. 

He had bruises on his body, and 3 students, all aged 13, have been arrested over the tragedy.

The tahfiz centre, which has been operating since January, is not registered. 

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The Jalan Genting-Amber Court in Genting Highlands that was closed due to a landslide last Tuesday has been reopened.

Bentong police say clean-up work was completed yesterday, but advised motorists to avoid using the road at night to prevent untoward incidents.

The landslide cut off access to 2 hotels, with about 200 people stranded, but there were no injuries.