WATER ADS (July 13): Malaysia starts a week-long media campaign to counter claims by Singapore that it was stalling talks with the republic over the water issue. The campaign involves a series of advertisements and a booklet denouncing misconceptions and allegations made by the Singapore government in its publication, Water Talks? If Only It Could. The Prime Minister said Malaysia would give its version of the issue in the newspapers and explain every point.
HORRIFIC MURDER (July 15): Clerk Tan Wee Chee, who was reported missing and whose car was found burnt last week, has been found dead in an irrigation canal in Senggarang, 16km from where she was last seen in Batu Pahat. Police said Tan was not raped and sustained no other wounds except bruises around her neck. Tan, who worked as a clerk in a towing company and a part-time tutor, was last seen by her brother Wee Phang, 28, at 9pm on Wednesday as she was about to park her car to go to a supermarket in Batu Pahat.
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