US police arrest man over alleged New York Stock Exchange plot Posted on 21/11/2024 According to the FBI, the suspect targeted the stock exchange building to trigger a ‘reboot’ of the US government. (EPA Images pic) WASHINGTON: US police on Wednesday arrested a homeless man suspected of plotting to bomb the New York Stock Exchange this week after he shared his plans with undercover officers, according to a court filing. The suspect, identified as Harun Abdul-Malik Yener, was arrested after a months-long investigation by agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), who were allegedly asked by Yener to help find explosive components to build a pipe bomb. Yener, a Florida native born in the US in 1994, thought the undercover agents were members of a militia he had sought to join. His motive for the bombing was to create a “reboot” of the US government, according to the FBI. He told the undercover agents he chose the Stock Exchange building in New York because “tons of people would support it.” “I’ve already seen it, I know the layout of it, there is barely any security,” he later told police. A search of a storage unit owned by Yener turned up bombmaking sketches, timers, circuit boards and other electronics “that could be used for constructing explosive devices,” the FBI said. Search warrants yielded internet browsing history for Yener involving “aspects of bombmaking” as early as 2017, and a search of his messages and emails revealed additional exchanges on the topic. News
Ex-research assistant Yusoff Rawther’s drug trafficking case transferred to High Court, firearm charge mention set for Dec 13 Posted on 12/11/2024 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 — The Magistrate’s Court here today ordered a drug trafficking case involving a politician’s former research assistant to be transferred to the High Court. Magistrate M. S Arunjothy decided this following an application by Deputy Public Prosecutor Izzat Amir Idham. Lawyer Muhammad Rafique Rashid Ali, representing… Read More
After Shafee complains about Najib’s SRC trial reports, NUJ says don’t blame the media Posted on 21/11/2024 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 21 — The media is at no fault for factual reporting on former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s SRC International Sdn Bhd case, the National Union of Journalists Malaysia (NUJM) said today. The NUJM was responding to Najib’s lead defence lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah’s… Read More
Iran’s Khamenei calls for death sentence for Israeli leaders Posted on 25/11/2024 Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei salutes during his meeting with members of the paramilitary Basij force in Tehran. (AP pic) DUBAI: The supreme leader of Iran, which backs the Hamas and Hezbollah fighters in Gaza and Lebanon, said on Monday that death sentences should be issued for Israeli leaders, not arrest… Read More