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Free Malaysia Today
5 days ago
- Free Malaysia Today
Student hurt in attack on private university campus
Screen grabs from a video showing the victim receiving help. PETALING JAYA : A private university in the Klang Valley tonight confirmed that one of its students had been attacked on campus grounds. In a brief statement, the university's spokesman said the attacker was immediately apprehended by its auxiliary police. 'We are cooperating fully with the authorities and we ask for the public to refrain from speculating on the matter,' the statement read. Earlier today, videos depicting a couple of young women attending to the victim made the rounds on social media. They were seen tending to injuries on the victim's neck. FMT has reached out to Subang Jaya police for comment.
Free Malaysia Today
5 days ago
- Free Malaysia Today
Foreigner nabbed for slashing ex-girlfriend at Subang university
Videos showing a couple of young women attending to the victim had made the rounds on social media. PETALING JAYA : Police have arrested a 21-year-old foreigner for allegedly slashing his former girlfriend at a university in Subang Jaya earlier today. Subang Jaya police chief Wan Azlan Wan Mamat said a report was lodged at about 6.30pm following the incident in which the victim, also a foreigner aged 20, was slashed. She was taken to Universiti Malaya Medical Centre and is in stable condition. In a statement, Wan Azlan said the suspect was arrested soon after the incident, and the motive for the attack is under investigation. He said the case is being investigated under Section 324 of the Penal Code for voluntarily causing hurt with a dangerous weapon. Earlier, a spokesman for the private university confirmed the incident and said the suspect was immediately apprehended by its auxiliary police. Videos showing a couple of young women attending to the victim had made the rounds on social media. They were seen tending to injuries on her neck.
RNZ News
25-06-2025
- RNZ News
Papua New Guinea police blame overrun system for prison breakouts
PNG's courts and prisons are completely overrun, Clement Dala says. Photo: RNZ / Johnny Blades Police in Papua New Guinea say the country's overrun courts and prisons are behind mass breakouts from police custody. Chief Superintendent Clement Dala made the comment after 13 detainees escaped last Tuesday in Simbu Province, including eight who were facing murder charges. Dala said an auxiliary policeman who had the keys to a holding cell at Kundiawa Police Station is also on the run. Police are investigating a claim by local media that he is the partner of a female escapee who was facing trial for murder. Six police officers on duty at the time have been suspended for 21 days while investigations continue. "The auxiliary officer is not a recognised police officer and should not have had the key, but it appears he was helping the sole police officer on cell duties," said Dala, who is the acting assistant commissioner for three Highlands provinces. Dala said it appears the auxiliary officer wandered off for a meal and left the cell door open at the entrance to the police station. "He may have played a role in assisting the escapees, but we are still trying to find out exactly what happened." "If we find it was deliberate then he will definitely be arrested. He is probably hiding somewhere nearby and we'll get to him as soon as we can," he said. As of Wednesday, none of the escapees had been caught. Police are relying on community leaders to encourage them to surrender. But this could take a month or longer and police fear some could reoffend. He said the police have previously been told not to use auxiliary officers in any official capacity as they are community liaison officers. "This is a symptom of our severe staff shortages, but I have reissued an instruction banning them from front-line duties," he said. Dala said PNG's courts and prisons are completely overrun, and this is the main reason detainees in police custody escape. He said on any given day there could be up to 200 people on remand in police cells under his command and many bring in weapons and drugs. "We have different cells for different remandees, but if we are overcrowded we have to keep prisoners in the main corridor, especially those who have committed minor crimes," he said. Dala said some remand prisoners are being kept in police holding cells for more than a month. He said the police have faced a lack of political to deal with severe staff shortages, a lack of training across the force and outdated infrastructure.
