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Cops Probe Game Link In Child Slashing

Oct 29, 2025

Johor police are not ruling out the possibility that an online video game may have caused a nine-year-old boy in Batu Pahat to slash his younger brother.

Cops believe the elder boy committed the act after his sibling allegedly damaged the phone that he was using to play the game.

The victim, who suffered slash and stab injuries, is currently in stable condition.

Earlier reports said the parents have also been detained, and are being investigated for alleged negligence.

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The Attorney-General’s Chambers is standing by its decision to charge two teachers in Penang over the caning of a student.

It clarified that it found sufficient grounds to bring the charges against the two, who are alleged to have acted beyond the established regulations.

The AGC adds that the charges are to protect the rights and welfare of the affected student, who is disabled, and is not meant to undermine the teaching profession.

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The Transport Ministry is stepping up efforts to curb the use of illegal retreated tyres.

Its working with the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research to come up with new methods to detect these tyres…including by using QR and RFID technologies.

This, amid an increasing trend of road accidents involving heavy vehicles due to tyre failure.

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The Parliamentary Special Select Committee on International Relations and International Trade will convene a hearing session early next month, to examine the recently signed trade deal between Malaysia and the US.

This is to gain clarification and explanation from the government regarding the deal, and how it will impact our trade with other nations.

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MAHB says yesterday morning’s disruption to KLIA’s aerotrain service was due to a power supply system malfunction…which is also what caused a similar downtime incident earlier this month.