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New Straits Times
4 hours ago
- General
- New Straits Times
Search for missing Briton leads police to Bangsar hotspots
KUALA LUMPUR: Staff at the Bangsar bar where British backpacker Jordan Johnson-Doyle was believed to have spent the evening during a quiz night confirmed his presence on the night he went missing. One employee, who declined to be named, said they were aware the 25-year-old had attended the event but were unsure of what happened afterwards or whether he was accompanied by anyone. "The police came yesterday to conduct investigations," she said. Another staff member who was also on duty that night said that the crowd was relatively small. However, he said he did not clearly recall seeing Johnson-Doyle and only learned about the case through media reports. "I was working that night, and we were aware of the case, but I don't specifically remember seeing him," he said. Brickfields police chief Assistant Commissioner Ku Mashariman Ku Mahmood told the New Straits Times that officers had visited several locations in Bangsar believed to have been frequented by Johnson-Doyle. "Statements were recorded from two individuals at those locations," he said. Checks by the NST at several nearby residential flats — where Johnson-Doyle's mother, Leanne Burnett, claimed to have last tracked him — found no residents matching his description. Security guards at premises near Jalan Maarof and Lucky Gardens, Bangsar, were also shown a photo of the missing man, but this yielded no positive leads. Police had earlier issued a public appeal following Johnson-Doyle's disappearance, after he was last heard from on May 27. Speaking to the UK's Daily Mail, Burnett said she felt "numb" and "just wants to bring him home." His last known location was Healy Mac's Irish Bar in Bangsar around 8pm, where he had sent a photo of the pub's quiz night poster to his best friend, Owen. Johnson-Doyle, a software engineer, had been backpacking across the Mediterranean and Southeast Asia for over a year, working remotely for an American tech company. He arrived in Malaysia on May 17 after visiting Vietnam and is believed to have been staying at the Robertson Residences in Bukit Bintang. Burnett last spoke to her son on May 26.
Rakyat Post
13 hours ago
- Rakyat Post
British Man Goes Missing In Kuala Lumpur, Last Seen In Bangsar
Subscribe to our FREE A trip across Southeast Asia turned awry for a British tourist when he went missing in Malaysia while backpacking through the region. According to UK news outlet His family and friends have been frantically trying to get in touch with him by phone, email, and social media before his phone went dead in the capital city on 30 May. His mother says it's unlike him to not check in regularly Johnson-Doyle's mother, Leanne Burnett, said it is unlike her son to not check in with her regularly. She expressed that she feels 'sick' and 'numb' over his disappearance. 'I have just been feeling sick and numb. I just want to get over there, find him, and bring him home. 'All I know is something is really wrong for him not to contact anybody. I know what he's like and he knows how worried everyone gets at home. That's why he checks in all the time,' Burnett said. She continued explaining that her son knows her number by heart and would contact her if his phone or laptop was stolen. Tracking him using Find My iPhone On the morning after Jordan's disappearance (28 May), Burnett said she checked the Find My iPhone tracking service for the location of her son's mobile phone and saw it was located at a residential flat block near the bar. She noted that the location of his phone, through the Find My iPhone service, had not updated from the night before and was 'last seen 11 hours ago'. 'It means it's either out of signal or out of range, and this was the last place it had a signal. It was a block of flats in that same area, literally down the road from the bar,' she said, adding that she continued tracking him throughout the day but to no avail. His phone was reported to have stopped working on 30 May, three days after he went missing. Burnett also shared a post on social media with her son's details and picture in the Missing Persons in Malaysia – Sharing is Caring Johnson-Doyle was a software engineer who worked remotely For the past one year and a half, the software engineer had been backpacking around the Mediterranean and Southeast Asia while working remotely for an American company. He touched down in Malaysia on 17 May after previously visiting Vietnam, and was believed to have been staying at the Robertson Residences in Kuala Lumpur. The quiz night poster Jordan sent to his best friend, Owen, on the night of his disappearance. Image: Leanne Burnett via Daily Mail Burnett reported her son's disappearance to Merseyside Police in England, as well as the British Consulate and police here in Malaysia. His family had also contacted Robertson Residences but they struggled to communicate due to the language barrier. As of now, Burnett has been urging everyone to put the word out about her missing son and report his whereabouts or sightings to the Merseyside Police (incident reference number 5198) or to the Malaysia Royal Police (PDRM). Anyone who knows of his whereabouts can also contact Burnett directly via WhatsApp at +44 7754718679 or send her a private message directly on Facebook. Additionally, a British High Commission spokesman also Share your thoughts with us via TRP's . Get more stories like this to your inbox by signing up for our newsletter.
The Star
16 hours ago
- The Star
British man missing in KL since last week
KUALA LUMPUR: The disappearance of Jordan Johnson-Doyle (pic) a week ago has left his family distraught. The bespectacled, brown-haired Briton was last seen in Healy Mac's Irish Bar in Bangsar at 8pm last Tuesday, when he sent his best friend Owen a photograph of the pub's quiz night poster, reported the United Kingdom's Daily Mail. The daily reported that the 25-year-old software engineer had been on a solo trip to the Mediterranean and South-East Asia while working remotely for about a year and a half. The medium-built, 180cm-tall man arrived in Malaysia on May 17 and is believed to have been staying at Robertson Residences Bukit Bintang before vanishing without a trace. Daily Mail quoted Johnson's mother, Leanne Burnett, 44, as saying that she first became concerned after failing to reach her son for their daily call last Tuesday. She spoke to him on May 26, talking about their usual work matters, adding that he sounded normal. Her concern intensified after further attempts to get in touch with her son via phone and social media failed, with her son's phone believed to have gone dead since May 30. According to Burnett, based on the 'Find My iPhone' tracking service, the phone was last located at a residential flat near Healy Mac's on May 28. Burnett and the rest of the Johnson family have since posted on various social media sites for leads on the missing person. 'My son is missing in Kuala Lumpur. Please help us find him; all his family and friends are so worried. Please, please share share share. 'If you have any information, no matter how small, please DM me directly or WhatsApp on +44 7754718679,' wrote Burnett on a Malaysian missing persons Facebook group on May 31. The distressed mother also told the daily that family members, including herself, as well as friends, are travelling to Malaysia to search for Johnson. The family has already lodged reports with the British High Commission and the police and are appealing for public assistance in the search.
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Yahoo
Trio charged with robbing man leaving casino
ST. LOUIS – Just over two months ago, FOX 2 News reported on a robbery after a man told police he was held up at gunpoint after accepting a ride from three strangers. Two men and a woman have now been charged in the investigation. According to probable cause statements from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, officers received a call for a 'hold-up' just after 11 p.m. on Saturday, March 15, in the 5000 block of Goodfellow Boulevard, located in the Walnut Park West neighborhood. Officers met with the victim, a 41-year-old man, who explained that he was at DraftKings at the Casino Queen in East St. Louis, Illinois, when the trio offered him a ride home. The victim said he accepted their offer. The trio drove back across the Mississippi River and took the man to an alley along Goodfellow. The victim said the two men each pulled a gun on him and demanded his money. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now The armed men stole approximately $2,500 in cash from the victim, struck him in the face with one of their guns, and then forced the victim from their vehicle. Investigators reviewed security footage and observed the victim and suspects exit the casino and enter a gray 2008 Honda Civic with Ohio license plates. Police said detectives eventually identified the trio as Jeffrey M. Burnett, 32; IE Mone D. Edwards, 27; and Jalyn T. Freeman, 32. All three had prior criminal records, with Burnett and Freeman having felony convictions. Freeman was arrested on May 16 and remains in custody, pending a May 28 detention hearing. Arrest warrants have been filed for Burnett and Edwards. The St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office charged Freeman and Edwards with first-degree robbery and armed criminal action. Burnett faces the same charges and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Zoning Committee defers action on massive River West apartment complex, as labor unions press developer for an agreement
The City Council's Zoning Committee took no action Tuesday on a controversial $1.1 billion proposal to develop several thousand riverfront apartments just north of where Bally's Corp. is building its permanent Chicago casino. The deferral sets up a possible up-or-down vote by the full City Council on June 20 for Vancouver-based Onni Group, which wants to build several skyscrapers up to 650 feet tall on a bend in the Chicago River at 700 W. Chicago Ave. The proposed River West project would involve a total of 2,451 residences, including nearly 500 affordable units. The influential Service Employees International Union Local 1, a 50,000-member union that represents janitors, security officers and door staff at many Chicago-area buildings, currently opposes the development. The group wants a labor peace agreement with Onni, making it easier to organize staff at the company's Chicago buildings, before endorsing the massive development. Other unions in the construction trades support Onni's proposal. Ald. Walter Burnett, 27th, chair of the Zoning Committee, said he had held off holding a vote on Onni's proposal ever since the Chicago Plan Commission approved it last June, hoping the parties would forge an agreement. 'Everybody, they're playing chicken, we're in the middle of a chicken game,' he said Tuesday. The development site is in Burnett's ward, and he supported it at the 2024 Plan Commission meeting. Onni Group is using a rare procedure, authorized by a 2022 zoning reform, that allows some developers proposing large amounts of affordable housing to sidestep the Zoning Committee and secure a full City Council vote. The company sent a letter on April 21 to Burnett requesting the committee take up the proposal, called Halsted Landing. If no action is taken in 60 days, it gets a vote at the June 20 City Council meeting. The Zoning Committee is scheduled to meet next Tuesday, but according to the published agenda, it's a special meeting where members will discuss an environmental ordinance backed by Mayor Brandon Johnson and no votes will be taken. Richard Klawiter, a DLA Piper attorney representing Onni, outlined for committee members the benefits of giving the project a green light. In addition to the much-needed affordable housing, Onni would contribute about $26 million to city programs such as the Neighborhood Opportunity Fund, eventually pay tens of millions in property taxes, and create thousands of construction jobs. The company had agreed to the union's demand for a neutrality agreement but balked at providing contact information for employees, including names and addresses, and the Zoning Committee was not the place to settle the yearlong dispute, Klawiter said. 'This is not the National Labor Relations Board, but rather, the Committee on Zoning,' he said. A union spokesperson on Tuesday said SEIU Local 1 does not have a comment at this time. There was some confusion during the committee hearing. When Onni's proposal came up for discussion, Burnett was in the room behind council chambers speaking with Jason Lee, a senior adviser to Johnson. Council members typically defer to the local alderman when it comes to development decisions, a tradition known as 'aldermanic prerogative,' and several said they were reluctant to discuss the matter. 'I would recommend we hold this until we hear from the chairman,' said Ald. Anthony Beale, 9th. Burnett returned only after discussion on the development was paused, ran through the rest of the meeting's agenda, but then adjourned the meeting without recalling Onni's proposal. The Onni Group did not immediately return a message seeking comment. The 2022 zoning reform, known as the Connected Communities Ordinance, overhauled city zoning law. It allows developers proposing large amounts of affordable housing in high-cost areas such as River West another way to secure approvals if they hit political roadblocks. They need to hold a community meeting in the affected neighborhood, which Onni did in January, and send a letter to the Zoning Committee chair requesting a vote, starting the 60-day timetable. Sterling Bay is the only other developer to choose this route. It held a community meeting in January in Lincoln Park, and said it wanted to use Connected Communities to secure approval for its plan to construct 615 units in a pair of skyscrapers at 1840 N. Marcey St. near the CTA's Red Line. Local Ald. Scott Waguespack, 32nd, has said he opposes the project because many neighbors say it's out-of-scale with the surrounding neighborhood. Burnett was coy after the Zoning Committee meeting about whether he would support Onni next month, or whether enough council members would be willing to buck the unions. 'I don't know what the City Council is doing,' he said. 'The unions are lobbying everybody. So, people are conflicted. Everybody hopes they can work it out.'
