Notorious Malaysian car thief held in Singapore

A NOTORIOUS car thief wanted by Interpol for the last eight years has been nabbed in Singapore, reports China Press.

Singapore authorities believed that Nyo Ah Hai @ Robin Hai (pic) sold off 130 cars overseas by running his base in the republic between last October and May.

The 50-year-old from Nibong Tebal in Penang was apparently responsible for 80% of the theft of pick-up trucks and MPVs in Malaysia before he fled the country in 2007.

Nyo was picked up at Terminal 2 of Changi Airport on May 14 and produced in court two days later.

He is now facing 135 charges for exporting 130 stolen vehicles from Singa­pore.

The prosecution wanted his bail set at S$4mil (RM10mil), but the judge fixed it at S$1.5mil (RM3.9mil).

The case is fixed for mention on July 18.

> Kwong Wah Yit Poh reported on Malaysian singer-songwriter Penny Tai turning out a double winner at the 25th Golden Melody Awards in Taiwan.

She bagged the Best Mandarin Female Singer for her album Unexpected and the best producer award for Je t’embrasse, an album she produced for another singer.

Tai, who got emotional on stage, said she considered herself lucky as she had no formal training in music.

> Sin Chew Daily reported that a Chinese national was bashed up by her lover’s wife and two sons in Taiping.

The incident took place when she was chatting with her lover on Wednesday evening.

The wife, who came with her two sons in another car, confronted her husband and the woman, and tried to drag the woman out from the car, but could not.

They then got into the car and assaulted her before several passers-by stopped the fight. A 10-minute video clip of the incident has since gone viral.

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