Couple help foot courier get her own bike

Compiled by JAROD LIM and RASHVINJEET S. BEDI

SHE can’t afford a motorcycle but that has not stopped Adik Lin, as she’s called, from getting food orders to customers on foot, come rain or shine.

Her efforts touched the hearts of many, reported China Press.

Equipped for the job: Adik Lin (right) posing with her new bicycle as a well-wisher looks on. — Pic courtesy of Penang Kini FB

A couple, who chanced upon the 22-year-old from Kulim, Kedah, one evening shared a story about her on social media.

They had spotted Adik Lin carrying a food delivery bag and offered to help her send it in their car as it was raining.

“Even with a raincoat she was drenched and was worried that the water would dirty our car seat.

“After the delivery, we drove her to the bank to deposit her daily earnings, ” said the wife, who also bought her dinner that day.

According to the report, Adik Lin does her delivery rounds in Taman Seluang from 11am to 8pm daily before taking a taxi home.

The couple successfully started a donation drive to buy her a bicycle.

> The family home of Tzuyu, who is a member of the K-pop girl group Twice, was burgled by a member of the cleaning staff recommended by a family friend, Sin Chew Daily reported.

The culprit took photographs and music albums signed by Tzuyu from the house in Tainan, Taiwan.

Kaohsiung City police subsequently arrested the 29-year-old woman.

A total of 62 photos of Tzuyu, 11 albums, and two Twice photo books, all autographed by the singer, were seized.

The items had been put up for sale online.

The CD was priced at T$3000 (RM433), photobook at T$10,000 (RM1,445) while a five-photo set was priced at T$250 (RM36).

> Malaysian fans of the K-pop boy group EXO have donated RM3,811.16 to Pertubuhan Kasih Umat Malaysia, China Press reported.

The funds were meant for the humanitarian effort of the NGO founded by celebrity preacher Ebit Lew.

The online donation drive was initiated under the #fromMalaysianEXOL project which also included contributions from other fandoms.

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.