‘I had a sex change, officer’

Compiled by ALLISON LAI, MEI MEI CHU and R. ARAVINTHAN 

A WOMAN who was driving using her husband’s licence told the police officer that she had a sex change when she was stopped at a roadblock, reported China Press.

When questioned why the person in the picture looked like a man, the woman from Hebei, China, insisted she went under the knife for every­thing on her body.

“I have transformed. From top to bottom,” she reportedly told the officer.

Feeling something amiss, the officer asked whether her voice also went through a “complete transformation”, much to her embarrassment.

The woman then changed her story and claimed she had passed her driving exam but had yet to get her licence.

However, the policemen later found that she was lying and she was fined 1,000 yuan (RM616) and held under administrative detention for 15 days.

> The daily also reported that a graduate got what he wished for when he received a bouquet of garlic for his graduation.

Mohamad Adam, 25, from Bukit Mertajam in Penang, received the gift from his girlfriend at his convocation at UiTM Perma­tang Pauh recently.

The restaurateur had told his girlfriend he wanted something extra­ordinary for his graduation.

He had claimed that chocolates and flowers were nothing special.

Mohamad was surprised by the garlic bouquet and became the centre of attraction during the graduation.

He said he would not be using the garlic in his cooking but would keep it instead.

> Sin Chew Daily reported that a doctor, who was helped by a total stranger with her studies when she was a teenager, returned the kindness to the Good Samaritan more than a decade later.

Qin Ling was looking after her handicapped father, her sickly mother and two younger sisters when their home was hit by the Sichuan earthquake in 2008.

After coming across their plight, Tan Zhenghua decided to help.

He offered to sponsor Qin’s medical studies.

Tan helped raise her tuition fees, paid for her living expenses and also sponsored her sisters.

Last month, Tan fainted and was diagnosed with a brain tumour.

Qin and her husband supported Tan before and after his surgery.

She also stayed by his side while he was in critical condition.

Tan, who was discharged on April 10, said he was thankful to Qin.“I helped her complete her studies 11 years ago and she saved my life today,” he said.

“I hope more people will know our story and be motivated to do good.”

The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.