> Drug addict torches ancestral home over faulty smartphone
A man was so upset that his smartphone could not be fixed that he burnt down the ancestral home of his late mother in Miri, Kuching. Some 20 tenants living there lost their belongings due to the 27-year-old man's irresponsible action. According to the suspect's father, the man was unemployed and had sold many items from the house to feed his drug habit.
> His family's sole breadwinner at 12
Twelve-year-old Baharudin Buhari, who is preparing to sit for the UPSR next month, was forced to become his family's sole breadwinner after the death of his stepfather in May. Every day after school, he can be seen selling kuih around Sungai Isap village in Kuantan, no matter the weather, to earn money to support his sick mother and six siblings. Baharudin, the third child in the family, has to shoulder the responsibility as both his elder siblings have disabilities.