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Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing has demanded a comprehensive review of Malaysia's aviation security system and crew screening procedures following the arrest of a Malaysia Airlines co-pilot in Indonesia on drug trafficking allegations.
Structural debris from a heritage building in George Town's Armenian Street injured two Sri Lankan tourists on Monday. State authorities have ordered urgent safety inspections of all heritage buildings across Penang.
Laotian authorities have indicted the owner of Tiger Vodka distillery and staff from Nana Backpackers Hostel over six foreign deaths in Vangvieng last November, revealing methanol contamination but acknowledging they cannot legally establish cause for five victims without autopsies.
A speedboat carrying Indian tourists capsized near Phu Quoc Island in southern Vietnam on Saturday, resulting in 15 deaths. Twenty-one people were rescued in what authorities describe as a challenging rescue operation.