Dira thought about getting her jaw fixed

Hard hit: An old sports injury has the actress contemplating surgery.

Compiled by Derek Yong Zher, C. Aruno and R. Aravinthan

ACTRESS Dira Abu Zahar says she had thought about fixing her “crooked” jaw, Utusan Malaysia reported.

Sharing on Instagram page, Dira said it was due to an injury she had while playing netball as a teenager.

“The ball hit my face and it set my jaw out of place, ” she said.

Though she did at one point consider straightening it out the slight misalignment hasn’t affected her career.

“It seemed okay so I’ll just let it be, ” she said.

Dira said she was “very into netball” when she was in school.

“But that was then. Now, it goes without saying that students are not so keen on sports, ” she said.

Many of Dira’s Instagram followers too shared their own stories in the comment section of the post, telling of their experiences of similar misfortunes.

> Some Malaysian medical students in Russia are willing to pay between RM7,000 and RM8,000 to pass a subject in university, Berita Harian reported.

It said lecturers were paid to guarantee students passed their exams.

It is understood that the Malaysian embassy in Moscow is aware of the matter, and many of these students are believed to be studying in Russia at their own expense.

An officer told the daily that he was not surprised, adding that some of the students were not even qualified to study medicine.

“These students are not only academically unqualified, they are also not interested in studying.

“Some of us were surprised when we saw their Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) results.

“Some of these students are from wealthy families, so it is no surprise that they can afford to pay to pass a subject, ” said the officer.

He also revealed that there was a case where a lecturer and dean of a Russian university were sacked for receiving bribes to pass the students.

However, it is unclear whether Malaysian students were involved.

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.