Morning Brief: Top 5 News (Jan 24)

It is not the first time visitors to a resort in Bentong have stripped naked and acted indecently, as similar incidents have occurred before.

Chairman of the residents' committee there, Rozzana Chung Abdullah, 59, claimed she had seen hundreds of participants bathing in the open, including some who stripped bare during sports event organised there.

The number of flood victims in Kelantan showed a slight increase as at 8am compared to 3,325, last night.

They are sheltered at 24 evacuation centres in Kota Bharu, Pasir Puteh, Pasir Mas and Kuala Krai.

The Social Welfare Department through its application, infobanjir, said 2,573 people from 712 families are staying at 10 centres in Pasir Puteh and 570 (202 families), in nine centres in Pasir Mas.

The Ministry of Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government will study the need to provide more superbikes to the Fire and Rescue Department (FRD).

Deputy Minister Datuk Halimah Mohamed Sadique said the FRD had been using superbikes since 2003 under the Rapid Intervention Motorcycle programme.

The new US administration of President Donald Trump vowed on Monday that the United States would prevent China from taking over territory in international waters in the South China Sea, something Chinese state media has warned would require Washington to "wage war."

The comments at a briefing from White House spokesman Sean Spicer signalled a sharp departure from years of cautious US handling of China's assertive pursuit of territory claims in Asia, just days after Trump took office on Friday.

Movie studio Disney on Monday revealed that the next "Star Wars" movie will be called "Star Wars: The Last Jedi," setting off rampant speculation from fans about what the title implied for the plot.