Siti gives blessings to sister’s marriage

Singing sensation Datuk Siti Nurhaliza Tarudin has given her blessings to her younger sister Siti Saerah’s marriage, reported Kosmo!

Her sister was believed to have secretly married last month.

“I am very grateful and happy for Saerah as she has found the love of her life. I hope she will perform her duties well as a wife,” said Siti at a press conference.

Her blessings put to rest speculation that she was unhappy with Saerah’s marriage as Siti did not turn up at the wedding of Saerah to Saiful Anwar, a dealer of luxury cars from Kuantan, Pahang.

Siti explained she had work to attend to in Singapore on the day her sister got married in Kuala Lipis.

She added that both families had requested for a low profile ceremony with no media coverage.

> A young doctor had to fight for his life when two robbers who pretended to seek medical treatment at his clinic attacked him, reported Kosmo!.

The doctor said he would remember the incident all his life because he had to face robbers armed with a Rambo knife and a long blade.

According to him, one of the robbers said he had a sore throat and registered at the clinic using a fake identity card.

“While I was attending to another patient, the man rushed in with another man and forced me to hand over my mobile phone,” he said.

One of the men held a knife to my neck while the other held a long blade to my stomach.

“I fought back and even managed to seize the Rambo knife,” he said.

Both robbers, believed to be drug addicts, fled after people at the clinic became aware.

> Harian Metro reported of a Fili­pino man who slashed his girlfriend’s father because the father had disapproved of their relationship.

The incident happened at Bandar Baru Ampang when the 40-year-old father came back from market not far from his house.

The father said the Filipino man had known his daughter for a few months, but he disagreed with her choice of a boyfriend.

The police said the foreigner attacked the father from behind. He suffered a broken hip.

Police confirmed that a 20-year-old Filipino had been detained and a long knife seized.

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