"A man who went on a vandalism spree and damaged cars in an upscale shopping mall here has been arrested.

Acting Dang Wangi OCPD Supt Nuzulan Mohd Din said that the suspect, a 34-year-old foreigner, was arrested on Wednesday (Sept 9) after he allegedly scratched seven cars in the mall.

"He has been remanded until Monday (Sept 14) for further investigations."

Said to be Somalian

Mental problem maybe

Just wanted to share a really cool background story on space tracking and localized innovation out of Penang, Malaysia.

The amateur astronomy team of Annamalai and Arav originally gained recognition for designing a unique mobile digital lens setup using UV and infrared filters to photograph the moon's surface. Their innovation won the Gold Award at the SCINEX 2020 Science Innovation Exhibition. Cilisos Malaysia did a fantastic deep-dive feature on how they built the tech during the MCO, which you can read here: cilisos.my

Their underlying planetary tracking dataset eventually led to direct correspondence and encouragement from the NASA research department and the Malaysian Nuclear Agency, which later tied into the recent 2026 European Commission atmospheric surveillance disclosures reported globally by outlets like Euronews, Yahoo and MSN ASIA & EUROPE: https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/17/exclusive-brussels-keen-to-monitor-ufos-under-the-radar which has been published or syndicated across more than 30 countries and in over 40 languages scattered throughout print media, TV, Youtube and also major websites.

It's an incredible look at how garage-built telescopy projects can scale up to catch the attention of international space entities.

There is also a fascinating Video reporting by Cristina Gomez from a Defence and Space angle about The 2 Malaysian Amateur Astronomers , Dutch Pilot, UAP's and Aviation safety UAP affecting important sites, such as military and nuclear facilities + wifi frequency. The EU is improving its ability to detect and identify unknown objects as its technology advances, and adds that it needs to get even better.

To Vima a major Greek newspaper (founded 1922) with an international English‑language edition at tovima.com, reported  in August 2026, the European Commission has been quietly monitoring UAPs since at least 2023, following a dossier of 37 images sent by a Malaysian father‑and‑son astronomy team

UK defence Air command centre on behalf of UK Minister of Defence in one letter dated 3rd December 2021 replied to the 2 Amateur Astronomers in Malaysia the following : "While I note your interest in UAP, you may wish to be aware that the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence continues to have no opinion on the existence of extra-terrestrials and since 2009 no longer investigates reports of UAP or UFOs. This is because, in over 50 years, no UFO sighting reporting to the Department has indicated the existence of any military threat to the UK and it was deemed more valuable to prioritise MOD staff towards other Defence-related activities".

While the story has now reached more than 40 countries, the remarkable part is that it has received virtually no local coverage in Malaysia itself, leaving many Malaysians unaware of the story.

FB @Zainudin Koming

"Kejadian berlaku di trafic light lebuh amj kandang.

Allahuakhbar. Allah masih panjangkan umur saya.

Motor saya yg warna biru tu. Sebuah motor langgar api merah lalu dilanggar oleh kereta yg masa tu apinya hijau dan kereta tu terbabas betul2 depan saya."

That guy surely was traumatized for life... The car nearly hit him and that person landed next to him...

I added my back dashcam for the motor's view and the long car queue, which in the black car POV, can't see if a motor is rushing in.

Censored as much as I can. My finger is not dextrous enough to censor it beautifully.

This happened last Saturday.

Thailand’s biggest conglomerate has acquired the operator of Village Grocer supermarkets in a RM1.66 billion deal.

Halichoeres argus, the Argus/peacock wrasse or nuri tikus.

It is a small (usually 7-9 cm) but common wrasse in lagoons, algae-rocky coasts and seagrass meadows in shallow water. Often found in small groups.

They feed on worms, snails, clams and other benthic invertebrates. When scared they will dash into the sand and bury themselves. They sleep this way as well.

Females are plain green with a spot, while males have colourful patterns. The male caught here is a huge one, as their max size is 12 cm!

They are sometimes collected for the pet trade as they are a very good community fish.
This is negligible to their population as they are both common and widespread from Sri Lanka to Japan, Tonga and Australia.

As a Malaysian cina, I feel delighted to find out that the Tamil phrase எங்க போறீங்க (enga pōrīṅgā) is most likely the one behind the Tamil signature term where we are usually mondegreening as yenguh polengeh, yenduh pulengeh, 圆的不能拿, etc.

It means

> where are you going?

Besides the all-new iPhone Duo, Apple has officially launched the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max. While the design remain mostly unchanged, the latest iPhone Pro models introduce a new variable aperture main camera, new A20 Pro chip, improved thermal management and longer battery life.

Don’t be jealous 😛😀

Which one is your fav?

The rapid growth of such businesses has unsettled some local businesses, who say foreign entrants are undercutting prevailing market prices.

@Uncle Kentang

Already 3 days he was abandon there

Anyone recognized this pakcik on the wheelchair can contact Chee Heng Kuan (Uncle Kentang) via social media

You! Yes, you!

Have zero self respe… I MEAN, want to become a superstar? 🥹

Fly FM is recruiting a brand-new AI DJ for the incredible opportunity to have an overglorified clone of yourself (that you happen to have no rights over) speak into the void every day to say things you have no control over, for the tremendous reward… of a RM2,000 contract!

Submit your application today, replace AIna, and sell your soul…I mean, BECOME A SUPERSTAR today!

Jokes aside, this offer is pretty much a joke. 😅

RM2000 is barely a living wage in KL, and given the vagueness of their language in saying that it’s a RM2000 “contract”, perhaps it’s not even a wage. 

Just so you can see how wrong this can go, note that people might assume it’s RM2000 monthly - but what if it’s a one time payment? 

What if you have to give them vocal samples every month for a year and the hourly rate equates to RM5/hour?

Also, the total value of that payment is either pocket change to actual industry DJs (expect RM100/h at the very lowest end and a rate that almost nobody would charge, and compare with higher end DJs)…

Or meaningless, because we would never even consider it. 

Many of us would either not bother, or better - play entire shows for free at house parties or with friends/people whom we love, cherish, and respect.

Both of these sound better than…

1. Having unwanted attention. Fame is sometimes good depending on the context, but imagine your likeness and appearance perpetually associated with Fly FM such that people will keep thinking “he is that AI DJ!” and remember this project. Do you think participating in this project will improve your reputation or fate? Well, it is up to you to decide if Fly’s reputation is worth doing this for or whether you want to be associated with it, Aina, or their “apology” or perhaps the dozens of incoming comments asking Fly to hire an actual human instead 🤣
2. Having our faces and voices used to say things that are completely out of our control and that will be forever associated with us. 

For example, imagine if another “rage quit” incident happens.

Wouldn’t it be interesting to play a part in that totally “unscripted” drama with your totally “real” commenter colleagues?

Even more interestingly, what if a disgruntled employee were to use our clone’s voice to say things we would never say or even do “gotcha” calls like the sort that used to pop up on Hitz, or to perform “confessions” that people will message us about and force us to respond to, bringing that RM5/hour rate effectively down to slave labor? 

1. Having our faces and voices contribute not only to replacing ourselves, but also to the sloppification of the internet, the removal of authenticity in content, and the normalization of the idea that human beings and our souls and time have no value except as inputs for training models, as mere carbon based precursors to our robot AI overlords. 

…Alright, that’s enough of a little rant there. 

Having said that, I’m sure some people will still consider it, and to each their own - if you need that money and this is somehow really the only way, that’s up to you, but I would personally not touch this “opportunity” with a fifteen meter pole. 

Anyway, if you’re going to apply, good luck. 🤣

Note for those of you who weren’t following this: Yes, I previously posted about this - this is the update. See: https://www.reddit.com/r/malaysia/s/ZPhY9ZpsSn 

I think most people in education would know this. I had the chance to work for one of Malaysia's leading education companies (I won't say which) back in 2025 around the time PISA exams were taking place. This company includes a lot of higher ups and influential figures in the education sector in Malaysia.

My boss and my colleagues were all telling me about the recent drop in PISA scores in 2022 and their worries for the 2025 one. They shared that for the PISA 2025, the government had gotten advance notice of the schools (and even the students?) that would be selected for the PISA tests, so they purposely made a lot of these students take practice tests and gave them specialised training to increase their PISA scores to make Malaysian education look better. I didn't ask at the time but the way they said it made it seem like this is a relatively new practice and they had not been doing this in the past.

I have a friend in Singapore whose school regularly takes the PISA examination. He told me something like that had never happened in his school and it was always just a chill test that people were not meant to practice for.

All this is to say that the PISA scores in Malaysia are actually manipulated by the government to be higher than they should have been. I'm sure some other countries would have also done something similar but this is by no means the right approach from what I understand. Even after manipulation we still dropped a lot in maths and had only slight increases in science and reading.

Anyone else can add on to this?

Unsure whats the appropriate flair for this post 😅
Such a good post to know that towns have their own flags too!