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Parliament has referred the Prisons Amendment Bill 2026 back to two special select committees for additional review after lawmakers raised significant concerns and suggestions during floor debate in the Dewan Rakyat.
Singapore's Traffic Police charged 41 drivers with drink-driving offences in a single day, including three men who allegedly fell asleep behind the wheel while intoxicated. Two were repeat offenders facing enhanced penalties.
Malaysia's government has delayed the Prisons Amendment Bill 2026, sending it back to two parliamentary committees for closer examination following legislative debate.
Authorities in Kuala Lumpur have arrested a man on suspicion of repeatedly sexually abusing his teenage daughter over a five-year period. The abuse came to light when the victim became pregnant.
Malaysia's Prisons Amendment Bill 2026, tabled in Parliament, introduces volunteer involvement in rehabilitation programmes and electronic monitoring of inmates, aiming to reduce overcrowding and modernise the correctional system.
A Myanmar national has been charged with causing grievous hurt to another Myanmar citizen in Butterworth. The Sessions Court denied bail, citing pending verification of identity documents.
A retired stepfather in Batu Pahat has been fined RM25,000 after admitting to five counts of molesting his stepdaughter across multiple locations since August last year.
Malaysia's Prisons Amendment Bill 2026, tabled in Parliament on June 23, proposes electronic monitoring of inmates and leverages volunteers for rehabilitation initiatives, with enhanced penalties for device tampering.
A Los Angeles judge has determined that Michael Gledhill, accused of murdering veteran actor James Handy, is mentally incompetent to proceed to trial. Gledhill cannot understand the charges against him or rationally participate in his defence.
Two married couples in Johor Baru have entered not guilty pleas to charges connected to alleged domestic helper abuse captured in a viral video, facing multiple counts including causing hurt and unlawful passport possession.
A lorry driver involved in a fatal collision with Federal Reserve Unit members has been acquitted and discharged of separate charges related to concealing stolen cows, according to the Teluk Intan Magistrate's Court.
A former lorry driver has been acquitted by the High Court in Shah Alam after spending five years in custody on drug trafficking charges, with the judge finding insufficient evidence to support the prosecution's case.
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A police corporal appeared in Kota Bharu Magistrate's Court to contest charges of methamphetamine possession, entering a not guilty plea and opting for trial proceedings.
A Tawau magistrates' court has convicted a lorry driver of dangerous driving causing death, imposing a five-year prison sentence and RM30,000 fine following a fatal collision with a motorcyclist.
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A Perak gardener has been charged with murdering a contract worker whose body was discovered on a roadside in Kampung Gajah, a development raising fresh concerns about workplace safety and interpersonal violence across the state's service sector.
A police officer identified as Fadhirul Musa has been charged in connection with drugs discovered in a court lock-up facility. Upon conviction, he could face up to five years in prison and nine strokes of the cane.
US rapper Mystikal, a Grammy-nominated artist from the 1990s, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for raping a woman at his Louisiana residence, following a guilty plea to third-degree rape charges.
An elderly man received a custodial sentence after attacking a uniformed officer and failing to pay his RM1,000 fine, highlighting the courts' approach to non-compliance with financial penalties.
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One Malaysian prison officer faces criminal charges following a January 2025 incident at Taiping Prison that resulted in an inmate's death. Five other staff members face internal discipline, while authorities weigh closing the 146-year-old facility.
Marius Borg Høiby, son of Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit, has been sentenced to four years in prison after conviction on two rape charges and assault allegations spanning from 2018 to 2024.