News@9: Today's top headlines - July 29, 2025 [WATCH]
Banned
The Home Ministry has banned the books Ammar Zahrain: The Obsessive Husband and Chase Me for allegedly harming public morality.
Frequent cries
A neighbour of M. Tishant, who was found buried in Jempol after being reported missing, said they often heard the child crying and his parents arguing in the months leading up to his disappearance.
Great honour
Renowned durian grower Leow Cheok Kiang has been awarded the Darjah Setia Pangkuan Negeri, which carries the title 'Datuk', for promoting the Black Thorn durian nationwide.
Malaysia's best
Pearly Tan and M. Thinaah's world No. 2 ranking marks a career best —and Malaysia's highest in the event in over a decade.
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Final journey: A hearse ferrying Tishant's body leaving the family home in Seri Alam to be brought to the Hindu crematorium in Jalan Kebun Teh. Mourners pay last respects to six-year-old boy who was allegedly murdered JOHOR BARU: Sorrow hung over a house in Seri Alam, near Masai here. As close relatives wept, family and friends gathered to pay their final respects to the six-year-old boy who was allegedly murdered and buried in a remote part of Negri Sembilan. Mourners arrived quietly, some carrying garlands to be placed on M. Tishant's casket during the funeral that began at 8am yesterday. His distraught mother, who was rushed to hospital a day earlier, had been discharged and arrived just before the hearse carrying Tishant's remains left the house at about 10.45am for the Hindu crematorium in Jalan Kebun Teh here for the final rites. His father, now under arrest, was absent. The family declined to speak to the media. Johor women, family and community development committee chairman Khairin Nisa Ismail said the traumatised mother had been sent to hospital for treatment. 'We sent officers from the state Welfare Department to offer assistance to the family, but they declined the support,' she said. Her office, she said, was awaiting the medical report before arranging psychological support and other forms of assistance for the family. Tishant was reported missing from his home on July 24 and his body was found four days later, buried near a railway line in Rompin, Jempol, far from any residential area. The 36-year-old father has been arrested to assist in the investigation. The remand order expires today. The child is believed to have been strangled to death with cable ties. Police have also recovered a hoe believed to have been used to bury the body. 'The medical team estimates that the victim died between 9am and 11am on July 23,' Negri Sembilan police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Ahmad Dzaffir Mohd Yussof said. The case is being investigated under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder, as well as under the Child Act 2001. On July 22, the boy's mother had lodged a police report alleging that her husband assaulted her and forcibly took their son. The father lodged a report on July 24 claiming the child went missing near a coffeeshop in Taman Bukit Indah, Iskandar Puteri.
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Free Malaysia Today
21 hours ago
- Free Malaysia Today
Mum of murdered 6-year-old in hospital after suicide attempt
The boy who was reported missing at Taman Bukit Indah in Johor on July 24 was found buried in Jempol, Negeri Sembilan, four days later. (Facebook pic) PETALING JAYA : The mother of a six-year-old boy who was allegedly murdered is currently recovering in hospital after attempting to take her own life following the child's death. Johor women, family and community development committee chairman Khairin-Nisa Ismail said the social welfare department had sent officers offering psychological assistance to the family yesterday but that they were turned down. 'We have been made to understand that M Tishant's mother tried to take her own life and has been sent to hospital for treatment,' she said, according to Utusan Malaysia. She added that they were awaiting a medical report on the mother to determine what forms of aid, in addition to psychological support, could be provided to the family. Tishant, who was reported missing at Taman Bukit Indah in Johor on July 24, was found buried in Jempol, Negeri Sembilan, four days later. The child's body was discovered after his 36-year-old father was arrested. An autopsy found that he had been strangled to death with a cable tie. Police investigations also found that the suspect was in the process of separating from his wife. If you or your loved ones need help, Befrienders Kuala Lumpur can be reached around the clock at 03-76272929. Contact details of other Befrienders centres can be found here.
