![APM investigates four instructors over 'snake training' boot camp APM investigates four instructors over 'snake training' boot camp](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/http://img.astroawani.com/2016-10/51476777789_latihanularbudak.jpg)
APM investigates four instructors over 'snake training' boot camp
The Perak Malaysian Civil Defence Department is investigating four of its instructors after a viral video showed schoolchildren having to wade in a muddy pool with snakes.
Tue Oct 18 2016
![Sailor dies, five others suffer burns in Penang ship mishap Sailor dies, five others suffer burns in Penang ship mishap](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/http://img.astroawani.com/2016-04/81461028120_KapalTerbakar.jpg)
Sailor dies, five others suffer burns in Penang ship mishap
A sailor was killed while five others suffer burns from an explosion in a ship near the straits of Penang, Monday night.
Tue Apr 19 2016
![Terengganu takes immediate steps to curb fatal accidents on LPT 2 Terengganu takes immediate steps to curb fatal accidents on LPT 2](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/http://img.astroawani.com/2015-10/71444826625_KemalanganLPT.jpg)
Terengganu takes immediate steps to curb fatal accidents on LPT 2
Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Razif Abdul Rahman said among the initiatives would be stationing Malaysian Civil Defence Department teams along the route.
Tue Oct 20 2015
![JPAM deny allegations that aid for Kuala Krai victims was stopped JPAM deny allegations that aid for Kuala Krai victims was stopped](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/http://img.astroawani.com/2014-12/41419826439_295x200.jpg)
JPAM deny allegations that aid for Kuala Krai victims was stopped
The Malaysian Civil Defence Department said false accusations were spread through the social media recently.
Mon Dec 29 2014
!['Lack of experience, unpreparedness, main cause of Bukit Tabur tragedies' 'Lack of experience, unpreparedness, main cause of Bukit Tabur tragedies'](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/http://img.astroawani.com/2014-01/71389769620_295x200.jpg)
'Lack of experience, unpreparedness, main cause of Bukit Tabur tragedies'
What makes Bukit Tabur such a tragedy prone hill? Astro AWANI speaks to a rescuer from the Malaysian Civil Defence Department.
Wed Jan 15 2014