Bruce Lee's last moments revealed

FORMER Taiwanese actress Betty Ting Pei has revealed Bruce Lee’s last moments before he died in her apartment, reported China Press.

Ting, 66, admitted that she had had an intimate relationship with Lee, but that they did not have sex on the day that he died.

She also refuted rumours that the then 32-year-old legendary kungfu star died because he consumed sexual stimulants.

Although it was 40 years ago, Ting said she remembered it just like it happened yesterday.

“I was only 26. The person who said he was the healthiest man on Earth suddenly died in front of me. I could not take it,” she said in an interview with Radio Television Hong Kong recently.

She said she had not thought about breaking up Lee’s marriage with his wife Linda Emery, with whom he had two children.

“I cannot say if I am right or wrong, but I have suffered a lot. It is not fair for either me or Bruce,” she said, adding that Emery met her after Lee’s death.

“She has known about me for a long time,” she said, describing Emery as a “nice and cultured” person.

Ting said her daughter encouraged her to “tell the truth” after being misunderstood for decades.

> Nanyang Siang Pau reported that a 75-year-old fisherman caught an alligator gar – a freshwater species of fish native to North America – from the Bukit Merah Lake in Perak.

Local residents who knew of the catch rushed to have a closer look at the fish, which can grow up to over 2m long.

Nobody knew about the existence of such a fish until a Fisheries Department officer identified it as an alligator gar, which is also popular among enthusiasts as an aquarium fish.

In January 2008, a 3kg alligator gar was caught by fishermen in Tasik Bera, Pahang.

> Sin Chew Daily reported that two policemen and three others, including a woman, had been arrested for robbing a spa in Petaling Jaya.

One of the policemen was also suspected of raping a foreign worker at the outlet.

The five suspects – pretending to be officers from Bukit Aman – stormed into the spa on the pretext of carrying out a raid about two weeks ago. During the incident, the older policeman brandished his pistol several times at the owner as a threat.

Both policemen, aged 25 and 30, were based in different districts in Selangor.

Petaling Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Arjunaidi Mohamed confirmed the case but declined to elaborate.

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