KUALA LUMPUR: The remand of a local actor has been extended for seven days.

The 30-year-old actor who is also the son of a multi-award winning veteran actress was brought from the Bukit  Jalil police station lock-up to the Kuala Lumpur Court at Jalan Duta at 10am.

Court registrar, Bakri Ali Omar said the remand will start tomorrow and end on March 25.

The actor was later taken back by police back to the lock-up at Bukit Jalil.

KUALA LUMPUR: A man, believed to be suffering from depression over the death of his father a week ago, attempted suicide this morning at the Villa Puteri Condominium at Jalan Tun Ismail.

PETALING JAYA: Quick thinking by an eagle-eyed resident who saw three suspicious characters milling around a closed petrol station in Jalan 20/7, Taman Paramount here, saved the place from being burglarised.

KUALA LUMPUR: A group of smooth criminals, dubbed the Botak Gang, who have been on a burglary and car theft spree in Ampang Jaya, Kajang and Cheras for the past year, has been busted with the arrest of three of their five members, including its gang leader nicknamed Botak.

BUKIT JALIL: It was a scary find for a 40-year-old security guard during his night patrol when he discovered a body tied at the neck to a flag pole yesterday.

The incident happened at Commonwealth Hill (Bukit Komanwel) Recreational Park near the National Sports Complex at Bukit Jalil.

The security guard who insisted on anonymity said that at around 8pm, he was making his rounds at the park and as he approached the flag poles area, he saw a body with a rope tied at the neck dangling from the lower part of the flag pole.

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KUALA LUMPUR: “I never thought it would end like this. That man was supposed to become my son-in-law and he betrayed me,” lamented A. Ganason, 51, when recounting how his daughter had been shot by her fiance on Tuesday night at their Kampung Kerinchi low-cost flats in Pantai Dalam.

SENTUL: Police have detained a man to assist in their investigations into the murder of 74-year-old Low Kim Chuan in Jalan Sentul Manis here.

Sentul district p olice chief ACP Zakaria Pagan said the 42-year-old suspect was picked up in front of a shop in Jalan Sentul on Friday evening.

“We are holding him for a few days for investigations and we hope it will give us more information into the murder."

On Feb 21, Low was beaten before being robbed of his wallet and watch, by two men.

PETALING JAYA: Police believe that the three robbers who broke into the home of a freelance writer at Jalan Pekaka 8/9, Kota Damansara on Wednesday night are from the area itself.

“We believe they know the area well and had planned their escape route after studying the house before striking," said Petaling Jaya district police chief, ACP Arjunaidi Mohamed. Police are now on the trail of the robbers.

KUALA LUMPUR: Police will deploy narcotics officers to six countries in an effort to combat drug trafficking and smuggling activities.

Bukit Aman Narcotics Department director Datuk Zulhasnan Najib Baharuddin said the officers would be attached to Malaysian embassies in the respective countries.

“Their task is to monitor and process all intelligence on drug related activities before it reaches Malaysia,” Zulhasnan said.

He, however, declined to name the countries but said they were well-known drug producers. It is believed Iran is included.

SENTUL: The 42-year-old suspect who was arrested for murdering his lover at Taman Rimbunan in Kepong on Valentine's Day, Feb 14, has been transferred to the immigration department for not having valid travel documents.

Police sources said the suspect would be detained under the Immigration Act 1953.

It is believed that he was handed over when his remand order ended on Feb 21.

The suspect is expected to be charged when investigations are completed after the end of his detention period at the immigration centre.

KUALA LUMPUR: A 74-year-old retiree who was badly injured in a fight with two thugs over the weekend, succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday.

Low Kim Chuan from Jinjang Utara, passed away at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital. The postmortem has revealed that he died from blunt force trauma to the head.

A police source said the incident happened at 6pm last Sunday in front of a liquor shop in Jalan Sentul Manis. Low had just left the shop when he was approached by the two suspects.

PETALING JAYA: Every hospital and medical centre have operation theatres for patients to undergo surgery. But have you ever heard of a motorcycle 'operation room'?

This was what police found when they raided a single-storey house in Jalan PJS 4/15, Taman Medan Pejasa, where one of the bedrooms was turned into an “operation theatre”.

KUALA LUMPUR: Police obtained an extension of five days in the remand of two men arrested on Feb 12 to assist in investigations into the murder of their allegedly mutual lover, a middle-aged woman, at Taman Cahaya Ampang.

Ampang Jaya district deputy police chief, Superintendent Amiruddin Jamaluddin, said the previous remand order ended on Feb 20.

“There are still certain things we want to know from the suspects," said Amiruddin, adding that other than that, the case has been solved.

GOMBAK: Police could have a lead on the suspects involved in the murder of Sulastri, a housewife who was found murdered on Wednesday, as forensics officers have obtained traces of fingerprints in two sections of her house.

Gombak district police chief ACP Abdul Rahim Abdullah said fingerprint samples were taken from the kitchen’s window pane and a closet.

“We have taken them to the Chemistry Department for analysis to determine if they belong to the suspects.”

PETALING JAYA: A South American man was arrested for vehicle burglary at a petrol station in Jalan SS2/60, near a police station there.

The incident began about noon last Wednesday when the victim, a 30-year-old lorry driver, was waiting near a bank in Jalan SS2/67, for his co-driver to return from collecting the company's payroll from the bank.

The suspect punctured the rear right tyre of the driver's one-tonne lorry and tried to steal items from the lorry twice, and his second attempt proved to be his undoing.

Both incidents were believed to have taken place between 5.30am and 5.45am before the morning prayers.

KUALA LUMPUR: The individual who posted up a YouTube clip that was poking fun at the late Sultan of Johor is in trouble.

Ampang district police chief Abdul Jalil Hassan told The Malay Mail this morning that they are seeking the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission's (MCMC) assistance to trace the originator of the video clip.

SUBANG JAYA: A suspected car thief who was arrested with a gunshot wound at a private hospital in Seremban on Jan 7 has been released on police bail.

Subang Jaya district police chief, ACP Zainal Rashid Abu Bakar, said the suspect was currently seeking treatment at a hospital in the district under police guard.

“He is now waiting to be charged at the court," said Zainal, adding that police were completing their investigations.