Norizan Hamid, 52. Mona would sing her favourite tunes to ease her boredom, she said, adding that she

JOHOR BARU: A trader charged with severely assaulting his then pregnant wife over two years ago has been ordered to enter his defence. The woman, now divorced from him, is paralysed after being in a coma for some time. Yesterday, Sessions Court judge Fatimah Zahari ordered Rosmaini Abd Raof to enter his defence after finding that the prosecution had proven a prima facie case against the 41-year-old. The accused was given three options to conduct his defence – testify under oath from the witness

ALOR SETAR: About two-thirds, or seven out of 10, of Kedah’s state executive councillors are new faces. Bernama reported that the 10 were sworn in before the Sultan of Kedah, Al-Aminul Karim Sultan Sallehuddin Sultan Badlishah, at Istana Anak Bukit at about 10am yesterday. The ceremony saw them take their oaths of office as exco members before they were presented with letters of appointment by Sultan Sallehuddin. Merbau Pulas assemblyman Datuk Siti Ashah Ghazali, the rural, poverty eradication a

ALOR SETAR: About two-thirds, or seven out of 10, of Kedah’s state executive councillors are new faces. Bernama reported that the 10 were sworn in before the Sultan of Kedah, Al-Aminul Karim Sultan Sallehuddin Sultan Badlishah, at Istana Anak Bukit at about 10am yesterday. The ceremony saw them take their oaths of office as exco members before they were presented with letters of appointment by Sultan Sallehuddin. Merbau Pulas assemblyman Datuk Siti Ashah Ghazali, the rural, poverty eradication a

JOHOR BARU: A 41-year-old trader has been ordered to enter his defence for beating up his pregnant wife three years ago.In delivering her decision on Wednesday( Jan 17), Sessions Court judge Fatimah Zahari said the prosecution had proven all the ingredients of the charges and successfully made out a prima facie case against Rosmaini Abd Raof. The accused was given three options to conduct his defence – give a sworn statement from the witness stand, give a statement from the dock or remain silent

JOHOR BAHRU – An unemployed man has been charged at the Sessions Court in Johor Bahru with abducting and illegally confining a six-year-old girl in July. Leang Win Son, 31, however, pleaded not guilty after the charges were read out to him in Mandarin in front of Sessions Judge Rasidah Ruslee here on Aug 8. According to the charge sheet, the accused, who is single, allegedly abducted the child from her mother at the Eco Galleria mall in Iskandar Puteri around 8. 30pm on July 20.He was charged un