Kuala Lumpur, April 18 : A robber in Malaysia made two women perform oral sex on him after finding that they did not have any money.

The two cleaners, aged 68 and 43, were waiting for their factory van at a bus stop in Jalan Kem in Port Klang at 6.30am when a car stopped in front of them.

When the robber demanded for money, the women said that they did not have any.

He then asked the women to get into the car, apparently saying that he would sent them home.

Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 17 : The Malaysian Indian Congress will not pull out from the Cabinet and has pledged support to Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak's Government, party president S. Samy Vellu has said.

Vellu said the party discussed the issue for more than 90 minutes on Thursday, and decided it would support the leadership of Razak.

"We know the appointment is the prerogative of the prime minister and we are not making any comment on it," The Star quoted Vellu, as saying.

Kuala Lumpur - A total of 30,650 foreign and local workers have been retrenched in Malaysia this year because of the global economic crisis, the official Bernama news agency reported Thursday.

A total of 23,149 workers were laid off under retrenchment schemes between January 1 and Monday while the rest quit, said Maznah Mazlan, deputy minister of human resources.

Maznah said about 2,900 of the local workers have since been re-employed in the private and public sectors.

Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 15 : Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak gave a pleasant surprise to country's Sikh community by participating in the Vasakhi Day celebrations on Tuesday.

Besides visiting the Sahib Tatt Khalsa Diwan Gurdwara for the first time, he also tried his hand at making chapattis, leaving other cooks delighted.

Kuala Lumpur - The Dutch firm, Detroit Electric, is planning to mass-produce the first of 40,000 electric cars in Malaysia next year, the company has announced. "We are planning to build a practical, affordable electric car", says Detroit Electric CEO Albert Lam who has teamed up with the Malaysian manufacturer Proton.

The company plans to produce around 210,000 vehicles by 2012 with 270,000 planned for 2013 for export mainly to the European, Chinese and US markets.

Kuala Lumpur - Three Malaysian police officers have been detained for allegedly attempting to use their authority to enter and rob a house, a news report said Tuesday. Police responding to a call from neighbours late Sunday caught the three suspects in the alleged victims' home, Kuala Lumpur criminal investigations chief Ku Chin Wah said.

The police officers, aged between 28 and 32, are part of a special police unit, Ku was quoted as saying by the New Straits Times daily.