Man’s stashed money turns into termite food

Compiled by C. ARUNO, DEREK YONG and R. ARAVINTHAN

A MALAYSIAN man’s decision to keep his cash at home ended in disaster when most of the ringgit notes were destroyed by termites, reported Sin Chew Daily.

In a 51-second video uploaded by Facebook group We Are Malaysians, a man was heard sobbing while attempting to arrange stacks of money on the floor.

In the video uploaded on Sunday, there were holes in dozens of notes, ranging from the purple RM100 to the blue RM1.

“All my money has turned ‘soft’, ” the man was heard saying in Hokkien.

Several other men in the video were then heard consoling him.

“Let’s arrange them and put the termite-eaten notes in a plastic bag. We’ll take it to the bank and see, ” one of them said. The video has garnered sympathy and ridicule online.

“(I) Told you to eat the money. Now, it has ended up in the termite’s stomach, ” a netizen wrote.

Others offered more constructive comments, with some advising the man to bring the damaged notes to Bank Negara.

“If the serial numbers are still visible, they can do something about it, ” one wrote.

The video has since garnered more than 44,000 views, 74 comments and 490 shares on Facebook.

> A man stuck in traffic in Serdang claimed to have his half-eaten Ramly burger snatched out of his hand by a passing motorcyclist, reported China Press.

During the 6.44pm incident on Monday, the 36-year-old fitness coach, whose surname is Ma, had gone out to get supplies for his wife from a local pharmacy.

Ma told the Chinese daily that he then decided to get a burger from a roadside stall to eat while stuck in traffic. He had his driver’s seat window down as he felt cold.

“Suddenly, I felt a sharp knock on my hand and my burger went missing. My first reaction was to see if it had dropped or I have made a mess, ” he said, adding that a pillion rider on a motorcycle had stolen his meal.

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.